The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1972

pre~cntcJ rcccn tl h Mr . and Mr~. John Toroni . Mr . Toro ni i <:; a violini t vir tuoi.;o and hi s V\ ifc an accon1pli hec.l oloii.;t . FAITH B AP r1 T H R H . GAt 1 ,ro t I Our pa tor held specia l n1eeting a t the Bi es. et.I Hope Bapti . t hurch in pringfiel d , Ohio. Rev. Cha rl es Mc– Donald supplied the pulpit here <lur– ing hi . ah. encc. We presented " the Totn1ans' ' ( ABW - Banglade h ) with a spec ia I n1 i. sionary offering . Pa tor Chapma n ha accepted a ca ll to the Ble. sed Hope Bapti <; t hurch in Springfield , Ohio. We covet the prayer of 0 .1.B. readers as we <:;ee k a new pa tor . FtR T BAPT IST HURC H . GALL IPOL IS - Our people greatly enjoyed the n1ini stry of the Ceda rville Coll ege choir, under the direc tion of Mr . David Mat on . Work on ou r new ad– diti on - Educational Building - i n1oving ri ght a long. We are a bit in– conve ni enced for the present , how– ever, on its compl e tion it w ill great ly enhance our Sunday School . F AITH BAPTJ T H RC. H , K ENTO We ce lebr a ted our first anniver a ry on Februa ry 20 th . There we re 85 pre ent in the morning wor hip . We are ·upporting a new radi o n1ini<;try on WKT - FM. Pa tor Re ttge r pre- ent the me,,age. The prog ran1 is calleu ,tMinutes o f Med ita ti on··. It i hoped thi will enable us to reac h others in the communit y for Christ. GRACE BAPTIST C H URC H .. L ONDON - Rev. Gerri Buining a nd hi wife were wi th u c; in earl y Ma rch to te ll of their v.·o rk in the Columbus area among Jews. The fol lowi ng unday we had a spec ial presentation of the wo rk of the G IDEON . International. E uc 110 AVENUE B APTIST C HU RC H . LORAIN - Looking forward to a future build– ing program, an educa t ional unit a nd gymna\1um, we have in <i t ituted a quarterly JOA H offering. The first one of these offering\ wa\ taken on March 19 and the church received nearl y $5()0. ome 57 n1 en1ber \ of the chu rcl1 ha vc pron1i\ctl to engage in our weekly vi<,i tat1on n1ini\try. We antic, pate both nun1er1cal and ~,, , r It– u a) growth a\ a re\ult of th, ~ , tcp o f faith. BLRl~AN B APJI SJ ( Jt lll( lf , MARION - We held a Spring f3 ihle Conterenc.c April 1()-19 f{ cv. Will1 an1 Br<.)Ck. pastor o f th e M aranatha Bap ti st C hurch in ( ol un1 bus, Oh 10 wa:,., our guest 13 i l)le teach er. Hcarts v. ere THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST blcs ed. We th ank the Lord for the \low hut steady growth in 1 he work here . Ou r pastor , Rev. Wn1. Moser. wa. ah lc to attend the Annual Bible on ference at G ranc.l Rapids Bap ti st B i hI e Scn1 i nar y. FtRS r BAPTIST HURC' H . M ED INA - ~va nge lis l Hugh Ho rner was wi th us for an eva nge list ic can1paign in ea rl y Apri I. We ev it.lencet.l the ble - ing o f the Loru . We voted recentl y to <;end $20() to our n1i s ionar ies ·~t he Arnund <;on, · ( BMM - W. Virgin ia) to help with ex penses to repai r their wrecked ca r . Mi . ionary J a n Terry of Qui to, Ecuador wa with u re– cen tl y. The sL1n1 of $25() wa given to Karen Churgovich, mi s ionary to Afri ca. The China Go pel Team from Nyack Bible Coll ege was with ti for a prayer mee ting ervice. M OGODOR E BAPTI T CHURC H - Rev. Kenneth O'Nea l mini tered here on March I 2. Our pa tor , R ev . H oy t D. Douglas, recentl y underwent surge ry. During the time he was ab– sent from the pulpit , Dr. Paul Cell 111 ini stered to u~. Specia l evangeli ti c n1ee tings wit h Rev. Her bert White we re held during March. FIRST BAPTIST C HURCH . NILES - Our eva nge li ti c cru ade with Evan– geli t Dr. Lew Stewart was held March I 9-26. Dr . Stewart js Direc tor of the " Days o f Dec i ion" Bible Con– fere nce. As a church we ho. ted the Bethany Youth R all y. N ORTH O L M ST ED BAPTIST CHURCH - Our Annu al Mi siona ry Conference was held March 26-29 . It proved a bles. ing to a ll. Rev. Preble Cobb spoke a t one of ou r Wedne d ay evening se rvice . Our pas tor, Dr . Ken neth Good. mini tered for a week at the Prophe tic Bible Conference in Lan– ca ter, Pennsy lva nia . In hi ab ence. Rev. L. W . Beck ley 111ini tered the Wo rc.J . We prai e the Lord for those who rece ntl y were obedient to Chri st'. comn1 and rega rding bapti . m and have ..;on1 e into ou r church . Po t ANO V1L t AG B A PT IST CH RC H . P OLAND - Recent ,pcaker'i incl uuc l{ev. ~ll– gc nc rb, f< ev. David c it.I on ( BM M ), Mr . an1 c· an1 J)bell , a tudcnt a t Ba p– t1 \ t Bible ( ' ollege, lark un1n1it. Pa., anu Mr . Merl e Madr id , Mayor f Polan<J. who recentl y rcdcd1ca tccJ hi~ life to ( hri ~t in one of ur n1orn ing • \Cf VICC~. Tt M Pl I" BAP r 1s r HlJR( •• . J> c>R r '>MOU ' r( - ur ch urch \erv1cc, go f()rth each untla\ over rad 10 'ila l 1on W I -AM and J~ M at I() 1() a n1 . and t): 1() 11.n,. 1"his letter i~ a del ayed broadcast. As President of The Ameri can Council of hri sti an Churches, our pastor at– tended a very important meeting in Va ll ey Forge, Penna. This is where the ACCC has its headquarters. Special evangelistic meeting~ were he ld with vangeli st Bob Smith. The Lord moved in li vec;! The Cedarvill e Co ll ege choi r (46 voices), under the ti irection of Mr . Davi d Matson, pre– ~e nted a concert a t o ne of ou r eve n- . . 1ng servi ces. BIB LE MISS ION B APTIST C HURCH , R EYNOLDSBURG - We held a Cedarvi ll e oll ege D ay on April l 6th . Our brother , Rev. Wa lter Banks was wi th us for a Sun– day morning service. The Lord con– tinues to permit us to send forth the Wore.I through ou r " Life and Light" da il y broadcasts. Thi s is over station WCOL -FM 7:0C) a.m. and 11 :15 a.m. Al o, over tation WVKO - AM a t 10 :45 a. n1 . We hope o ne day to broadca t over a Mob ile, Alabama 50,000 watt 5tat io n. There is the pos– sibility of thi coming to pass. We wou ld ask O. I.B. readers to pray thar thi s might become a r eality. BLESSED H OPE B APTIST C HURCH , SPRINGF IELD - Rev. Meade Armstrong of Cedar– vill e College n1in istered here recently. We ex tendeu a cal I to Rev. Joseph C. Chapma n of Faith Baptist Church in Ga llipo li s, Ohio to become our pastor . He has felt led of the Lord to accept and will begin his ministry here the fir t Sunday of June. We prai se the lJord for bringi ng Brother Chapman to us. M ARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH, SPRI NGF IELD - Sou 1 were aved and in1portant de– c i ions n1 ade in ou r evangeli tic n1eet– ings with Eva ngeli t "Ed.'. Morrell, Jr . We we re pleased with the good at tenda nce at each ervice. Our you ng people are . hawing a de ire for pirit– ual growth and a concern for lo t . ouL. We recently con1n1i ioncd Mi . Con nie ndicott, one of our yot1ng people , to serve as a n1i ionary under Bapti t Mid-Mis ions an1ong the An1eri ca n Ind ians. We al o pledged the sun1 of $ 100 per n1onth toward her support . OUT I IGATE BA PT I I HURC H, PRI NGf- Irl D - We were 11rivilcgetl to have Re\. rank. Hart\\ ig ( BWE - Philippine I~1 a ntls) with us to [)fe\cnt a cha I Ieng~ ol the f)hilippinc~ Re\ D .. 1\ 1tJ Jerc– n1 ,ah, pa tor of the Blac~hawk llaJ)tist ( hurch 1n f ~t)J I W,l\ ne, lntltctn,l ' ! ()kc al a \ !)Cc1al ban,1uct tor (1 lll' Su11tia 1 ~chool \lafT. (Continued on page 18) MAY, 1972 9