The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1972

Debt Free Camp Program Launched At the I 971 OARBC Annual Con– ference held in Bellefontaine, Ohio the messengers from the churche appr0v- . ed a recommendation of our OARBC Council of Ten to appoint a committee whose duties it would be to select a name and organize for the purpo e of implementing a state camp fund rais– ing program which is to succeed our Fair Share plan. The OARBC me sen– gers al so appointed Ear) Umbaugh , State Missionary, as Director and Nor– man Bosworth as Assistant Director . The newly appointed committee con- sists of Harold Green Chairman Earl Umbaugh , Norman Bosworth, Mike Hooks, Wilbur Parri sh, Dick Walker and H. Richard Davi son, Treasurer. The DEBT FREE CAMP program has been chosen as the name for this new program. It will be known as the DFC program in all public!tY and promotional material . The DFC committee has e tablish– ed , after careful research , that $ 187,- 000 is needed to free all three camps of present debts. "DEBT FREE BY 73'– has been set as the goal . 61 % of al J DFC income will go to Sky Vi ew, 7% to Camp Patmos and 32% to Scioto Hills. To accompli sh thi s momentou un– dertaking of raising $187,000 in two years, the DFC committee ha adopt– ed the DFC program. A 24 minute slide-tape presentation wi th pictures o f all three camps, stressing the va lue of camping, ilJustrating the indebtednes , presenting the DFC program for liquidati ng th is indebted ness, and so– liciting fi nancial aid has been pre– pared . I t 1s the aim of the DF com– mittee to schedu le a presentation of this program in every OARBC church. -...ach church wi ll also be asked to take a D offeri ng in connection ,vith the presentation of the D F pro– gram in thei r church. Rev. mhaugh and Rev. Bos~ orth w1JJ be 11ak ing the progra111 pre~c11 ta lion \. Rea r - vic,v proj ec tjon equ1pment will make it po~s1bJe to 11ake prc~enta- THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST tions in botl1 morning and evening ervice . An effort will be made to schedule the DF presentation in one church in the morning and in a neigh– boring church in the evening as well a in mid-week and other special service . Persons interes ted in schedul– ing a DFC presentation may contact Rev. Earl Umbaugh , 2 150 Marhofer Ave. Stow Ohio - 44224 , Phone (216) 688-3241 . A three pronged effort at raising the nteded $ 187 000 has been inaugu– rated by the DFC co111mittee. ONE - rai e $72,000 through increased monthl y upport from the churches. TWO - plan proj ect to challenge our camping people to rai se $40 000 in two years. THREE - rai se $7 5 ,000 through church o fferings and gift over a two year peri od . Few question the great potenti al in our three OARBC camps for reaching hundreds, even thou ands, more young people with the gospel and leading them to a Jife of obedient service to Christ. The men who served without compen ation on our OARBC camp boards are keenly awa re, however, of how difficult it is to expand or even to maintain our camp when principal and interest payments take the great bulk of the income. The DFC pro– gram is de igned to free our can1p of debt so they ca n launch these needed expansion and improve1nent programs to create camp second to none for the use of our OARBC Churches. Firs t, however, we n1u t free our camps of the mil I stone of principal and interes t payment ,vhich h ang about their necks. 100% support of the DFC pro– gram will make it po ibl e for our can1ps to be "DEBT FREE BY '73" ! Cause for Reioicing! Thousand have been much in pray– er for our ABWE missionari es, their children and their work in war torn ast Pakistan ( Bangla De 11 ). New was received on Dec. 24 th f ron1 our State Department tating tha t Ha ll ABW - per onnel arc together, and they are both a fc and well ". T ht ' is a modern day miracle! A one n1 i\– \ionary wrote, '"We li ve in tl c·ircle <J/ 1ra,1q1,1 i/it) 1 " . God ha et a protecti ve hedge about H i own. ON JN 1: IN PRAY R! VOLUME 44, NO. 4 JANUARY, 1972 Now Serving In Tiffin Church Rev . John Teeters i now erving as pastor of the Ca lvary Baptist Church in Tiffin , Ohio . Previously, he mini stered for eight years a pastor o f the Emmanuel Bapti t hurch in Xeni a Ohio. During his min i try in Xeni a he led the church in e tabli hing the Xeni a Chri sti an Day School and the Xeni a Bible In titute. He wa u ed o f the Lord to reach many for Chri t. Hi s mini try wa ~ one of ble ing and chaJJ enge. Rev. Jame Grier o f Cedarvill e Co l– lege i now erving a I nteri1n Pa tor at the En1manuel Bapti t Church unt il a full time pa tor i ca ll ed. New Church Is Recognized The hippewa Lake Bapt ist ( ' hurch of Chippewa Lake, Ohi o, in Med ina ounty. wa recognized a. a regul ar and independent Bapti t hurch on Oc tober 13, I 97 1. The Pa tor of thi nc~ church i Pastor Merlin chul tz. The an1i ning council ,va · on1- poscd of n1ernber fro11 2 1 Baptis t hurche . cvcral area churches ha\ e gi en n1en1 bcrs to thi s new work. The first n1ee tings were hc ltl tn Januar o t l 97 I . l~arl n1ha ugh. la te M l \\H) n a , } of the hi o Asst1c1ali()J1 () f Rcgul~ir Ba()– t1 st ' ht1rchcs. ga, c n1uc}1 t1111e antl gu1tfa1cc to the gt our JANUARY, I972 3