The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1972

ORT ' 8"P1' J T H R H, 8-\.RBERTO - \\' e \\ ere \'ictoriou in our Sunday h 1 conte t with the Emmanuel Bapti t hurch of Lorain. A total of 413 ,, ere pre ent on the final Sunday f the conte t. Recent} eleven be– lie er \\ere baptized and received in– to our church. Evangelist Eddie Mar– tin held pecial meeting here Decem– ber 6 through 12. They were "excit– ing da)' ". BIBLE B APTI T CHURCH, B EDFORD - We will be having pecial classes for tho e intere ted in Teacher Train– ing and C hurch Membership. Meet– ing have been scheduled for January l 2-16. Our brother, Rev. Tom Baker of the Bible Truth Mi ion in Phila– delphia Penna. will be our guest peaker. BEREA BAPTIST CHURCH - Rev. Kenneth Klein of the Norton Baptist Church , Barberton, spoke at our Thanksgiving morning service. Evangelist P aul Dixon held meetings here in December and Rev. George Zinn sang at a number of the ser– vice . The Lord moved in lives! FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , BLANCHESTER - Our new pastor, Rev. Wm. Alex– ander began his ministry here on De– cember 5th. On the same day in the evening service, a special commission– ing service was held for two of our young people, Rev. and Mrs. David Taylor who will be leaving soon to minister as missionaries in Brazil, South America. Rev. and Mrs. Ward Harris, missionaries to Africa, spoke at our Annual Christian Banquet. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BOWLING GREEN - Recent guest speakers include Rev. John Greening, Dr. John Wilson, Rev. Albert Crawford, Rev. Kenneth Faros– ,, orth and Rev. Pe~e Niewkoop Two mis ionarie \Vith us recently were Mis Eunice Sto\\ ell of France and Re\. Lyle Cuthbertson of Chile. 6 JANUARY, 1972 Wt invilt oil of our OARBC pastors to place us on t lat i r m a I I i n g list. Send us your Church Calen– dars each week. Our mailing ad– dress is simply - Editor Don Moffat, Box No. 160, Xenia, Ohio - 45385. WHIPPLE AVE. BAPT IST C HUR H , CANTON - Mr. Jack Willett poke at one of our Saturday morning Prayer Breakfa ts. Al o, the Rev. Perry Temple of Bible Literature Interna– tional was with us to tell of hi work. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, CANTON - Dr. James T. Jeremiah was the featured speaker at our annual Harvest Banquet. We had Jim and Carol Ruck, missionary appointees to Japan tell of their call. The Sansburys, mis– sionaries to Hawaii and the Fentons, missionaries to Colombia, S. A. were with us recently. Dec. 20 was the anniversary of our first service in ou.r new building. We first met as a small group of believers in March '67 in rented quarters and God has richly blessed the minis try of our pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Phipps, who have been with tis for over two years. B ETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, CLEVELAND - On Dec. 19th, our choir presented John Peterson's Christmas Cantata entitled - "The Story of Christmas". We are still praising the Lord for the blessing received through the Paul Dixon meetings. Many lasting decis– ions were made. We have called Mr. Carl Cooper to serve as our new Christian Education Director. HOPE BAPTIST C HURCH, COLUMBUS - Much blessing was realized through our special meetings with Rev. Ralph Davidson. Recent speakers have been Rev. Edgar Beckley and Rev. Seldon Shanrock. We are still looking to the Lord to guide us in the calling of a new pastor. IMMANUEL BAPTIST C HURCH , COLUMBUS - Our young people have been wit– nessing for the Lord at the local air– port and in other places. A morning prayer group for the men of our c t1u1 h is nt1w 111ccting every "I t1cs<lHy n1or11ing at 7:()(). A ( hristrnas pro– gram cntitlc<.I - .. he Gates Of hristma .. was presented on Decem– ber l 9t11 . MAJ{ANA'fHA BAPTIST ( ' 11 R 1-i, 01 uM n,; s - The winter qt1arter of our Marana– tha Bihle I n"t1tute got under way on Dec . 5 th . Ottr pa tor ha~ begtin a \pecial "tudy on ' 'The Local hurch.,. We prai e the Lord for the progress heing n1ade on our new educa tional building. EM MANUEL BAPTIST C HUR H , DAYTON - We voted a a church, to end $ 1,000 to the Heath Bobbett 1 s in We t Africa (EBM) to help them when recently returning to the field ., Our ladies field their Christmas dinner on Dec. 16 and Mrs. James Jeremiah was their guest speaker. Our young people's C hristmas banquet was held Dec. 16 with Mr. Ken Nichols of Cedarville College as speaker. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA - Dr. Snearly, medical missionary to Central African Republic was with us in November. Pastor Hull and his family are now moved to Elyria. He began his ministries here on January 2nd. Recent speakers include Dr. Robert Gromachi , Rev. Terry Rudd, Rev. Lee Turner, Dr. Paul Wehman and Rev. William Fusco. Both our Junior High and our Senior High · young folk have been witnessing for Christ at the Haven Rest Home. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, FINDLAY - Dr. Joseph H. Stowell, National Representative of our General Asso– ciation of Regular Baptist Churches · was with us on January 9th. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS - The Lord blessed in our Fall Revival Services under the preaching of Rev. E. Wilson Wahl of Indianapolis, In– diana. At a recent business meeting we voted unanimously to call Brother ' Wahl to be our pastor. He has accep– ted and will begin his ministry here the latter part of January. MIDVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, GRAFTON - We recently voted to place our OARBC on our regular monthly 6ud– get. Ten new members were received into our church. Our pastor, Rev. Lauren Schenck, is now serving on our Camp Patmos committee. Home missionary, Rev. Steve Curtis, min– istered to us on December 15th. NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, LIMA - We held special meetings the early part of December with Rev. Don Mof– fat Editor of THE OHIO INDE– PENDENT BAPTIST as guest speak- THE OH10 INDEPENDENT BAPTIST