The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1972

AVON BAPTIST CHURCH - It w as our privi le ge to have Rev. J ames Dersham (FBHM} mi n ister here while o ur Interim Pastor Rev . Homer Rheinhold w as on vacation BEREA BAPTIST CHURCH - While Pas tor Gibbs and h is f amily have been away on vacat ion, we have had Dr . Cleveland McDona ld and Dr . Meade Arm· strong {both of Cedarville Colleg e ) as guest speakers . The Lord blessed t hroug h t hei r messages . FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BOWLING GREEN - We held a very successf ul " Bus Seminar" in o ur church. Pastors and laymen from near– by chu rches attended . The Colleg ians Quar– tett e from Bapt ist Bible Co llege in Clarks Summi t hand led one of o ur even ing services . Mr . and Mrs. Leon Sma ll , ABWE missionaries spoke a t a praye r mee t ing se rvi ce . We had a specia l " Booth" at t he Wood Count y Fa ir. WHI PPLE AVE BAPTIST CHURCH, CANTON- Mrs . Peggy Busch o f Bellefo nt ai ne , O h io {g ospel s inger) presented a co nce rt he re . We were a lso p rivileged t o hea r the Forerunners Q ua rtette from Grand Rapids Bapt ist Bible College. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, CLEVELAND - Mr . and Mrs . Steve Snyd e r of Sio ux City, Iowa presented a "Message in Mus ic" sacred concert o n J u ly 23rd . Pastor Clark a nd h is w ife hos ted a special tour o f t he Holy Land and Europe. HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - The challenge for preach ing the gospel in Centr al Afr ica Repub li c was p resented to o ur peo ple by Rev. and Mrs . Ben Ke ndr icks {BMM). Recent ly we he ld a " Bapt ist Mid– M·ss io ns Seminar." Hea rts were blessed. IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - The Conquerors Q uartette f rom Bapt ist Bible College, Clarks Summit , Penna . w e re with us in J uly. 6 SEPTEMBER, 1972 We invilt all of our OARBC pastors to place us on t h e Ir ma I Ii n g list . Send us your Church Calen– dars each week . Our mailing ad– dress is simply - Editor Don M o I I at, Box No. 160, Xenia, Ohio - 45385. MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - We recentl y wel comed s ix new membe rs into o ur chu rch. We are t hankful for praye r as we continue erect ing our new bu ilding . MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - Two of our students - Carol Sue Price and Steve McCa ll ister were in charge o f our sum– me r v is itat ion program. They were each re– spons ible for 20 names per week with volun– teers who wanted to help. Our Vacation Bib le Schoo l w as held in August . The offering re– ceived was g iven to Miss Betty Doverspike, Director of the Ch ildren f o r Christ in Colum– bus. We he ld our annual Sunday School p icnic on Aug ust 19th. A good time was had by all. PINE HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - The next session of our Ohio Bapt ist Col– lege will begin on September 18th. Our pastor began a stud y o n "Cults in t he Light of the Bible .' ' These a re be ing taught in o ur praye r meet ing service s . We had a g reat t ime at our Sunday School picnic on Augus t 12th . ABBE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA- Fo rme r Pastor, Rev. Dona ld Curt is, was a guest speaker at our Church Fellowship in J une. We he ld a picn ic in a nearby State Park for our young people. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA - Mr . and Mrs . Michae l Bardon, missionary appointees under BMM to the Mormons spoke at one of our mid -week services. The f ilm– " The Gospel Blimp" was shown at one o f o ur youth me et ings. Our church received $1 ,000 fr om the estate o f Mrs . Emma We lsh. We were also privileged to have Rev. and Mrs . Roge r Fe nton, {ABWE- Chile) speak t o us . FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GALION - The Forerunners Quartette from Grand Rap id s Bapt ist College was with us f o r a special Sat urday n ight meet ing. Also, Rev. and Mrs . Ben Kendrick (BMM) told of t hei r work in Central Africa Republ ic. FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS - A special recept ion was held fo r o u r new pasto r and his f amily on August 13th. Dr . James T. J e remiah, President o f College was wi th us for Sunday, Mr. Ken Cole told o f his medical tour in the Philippines . FIRST BAPTI ST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS.- Ceda rville J uly 23rd. • • m1ss1onary Dr . Al lan Mon roe o f Cedarv ill e College spoke he re wh ile our pas to r w as a tt end ing the GARBC confe rence in Sa n Diego. The bui ld ing progress on o ur Educa tio na l unit is moving rap idl y ahe ad. Bro the r Harry Cole, our Associate Pastor, is f ee ling much be tt e r s ince h is b ack inj ury. GRACE BAPTISl CHURCH, LONDON - A team from the Bapt ist Mid -Missi ons Ca n– d id ate Schoo l wh ich was he ld in Ce d arvill e w as w ith us on J uly 23rd. Rev. Aust in El– more, a professor a t Cedarvill e Colle ge, min– istere d here while Pastor and Mrs . Mo rris were away on t he ir vacation . FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, MEDINA- " The Mus ical Messengers" a mixed quartette from Bryan College sang at our "Church in the Pa rk" service. We were pr iv ileged also to have Dr. Abe Van Der Puy, President o f World Rad io Missionary Fellowship in Quito, Ecu ador as a guest speaker. Twenty-five of our people drove to the Ke ntucky mounta ins to v isit the Dessie Scott Children ' s Home. NORTHFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH - Our pastor , Rev. Lynn Roge rs and hi s fam– ily a re now in Florid a on Sabbat ical leave. Pastor Earl Willetts, Pastor Eme r itus of the Berea Baptist Chu rch, is se rv ing as our In– terim Pastor. Brother Rogers p resented a " Service in Song" on his last Sund ay prior to leaving for Florida with his f amily. Rev. Dave Gardner (ABWE- New Gu inea) and h is f amily were w ith us on J uly 30th. BIBLE MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH, REYNOLDSBURG - The Lord blessed through t he Bible teaching of Dr . Clarence Mason and the mus ica l min– is try of Brother Mike Coyle during our Faith– f ul Word Bible Conference . Also, we were happy to have Rev. and Mrs . Kennet h L. Ont jes of the Jama ica Bible School and Col– lege spe ak as o ur Fam ily Night supper in J uly. BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD - Rece nt ly our young people took full charge of one of o u r eve n ing services. Test imonies– w e re g ive n b y some of o ur Jun ior High campers . Miss Becky Will iams presented her expe riences while in Quito, Ecuad o r. In par– t icul a r, she to ld o f the tragic exper ience and homegoing of J im Buckholtz. Jim w as a Ced arv ille College student who drowned wh ile on this missionary tour . SOUTHGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD - As of Se ptember 1st, our church began a TV ministry on Channel 26 o ut of Sp ringf ie ld . (Continued on page 14) THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST