The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1972

team, gave his testimony to our teens. Mike is a member of the Fellow hip of hristian Athletes. MIDVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, GRAFTON - We added our three State Youth Camps to our missionary budget. We also increased by 10 % all of our giving to ot1r foreign missionaries. One of our i ot1ng folk, a student at •'"'edarville College, will serve as our Pastor's Assistant during this coming summer. We recently had Rev. Lee Turner of Cedarville College with us and several musical groups. SOUTH LIMA BAPTIST C HURCH, LIMA - Recently special guests include Rev . and Mrs. Don Love (ABWE - Philippines), Mr. Alan McGill (Gos– pel Singer) and the "Mertz Snertz Kids Time" ( a puppet presentation for children.) Our choir presented John Peterson's ' Hallelujah for the Cross" as their Easter cantata. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, LONDON - Dr. Ralph Ankemann (ABWE - Bangladesh ) was a special guest at our Men's Missionary and Prayer Breakfast. May 12-14 was set aside for special meetings and an anniver– sary weekend. BEREAN BAPTIST C HURCH , MARION - We had the privilege of having Jim and Carol Ruck (BMM - Ja– pan ) with us to tell of the challenge for missionary work in J apan. The Lord blessed hearts through the Bible Conference we had with Rev. Wm. Brock as guest teacher. FIRST BAPTIST C HURCH, M c D ONALD - Dr. Ernest Pickering, President of Baptist Bible College, Clarks Summit, Pa., was the guest speaker at our Spring Bible Conference. He brought messages entitled - "God I s", "God Creates" and "God Speaks". Al so we had Earl Umbaugh with us to tell of our OARBC "DFC" camp progran1 . FIRST BAPT IST CHURCH, MEDINA - The Lord blessed in our evangel– istic meetings with Evangelist Hugh Horner. We voted to give Mel John– son $50 for his "Tips for Teens" broadcast. Also, to spend $400 to mail a positive "gospel package" to every home in Medina. The fellow– ship and food were great at our re– cent "Mother and Daughter" banquet. MOGADORE BAPTIST HURCH - 1 here was blessing as a result of the meetingc; with vangelist Herbert T. White. Our missionaries, J im and Maude Ann Robinson left to begin their work in Puerto Rico. Our pastor and his wife gave a specia l presenta– tion of the " rucifix1on and Re urrec– tion" at our aster Sunday eveni ng THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST service. It was done with chalk draw– ing and black light. FJRST BAPTIST CHURCH, NILES - We hosted the Bethany Youth Rally recently. Guest speaker was Rev. Max Tucker, pastor of the Euclid Baptist Church in Lorain. B EREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, OREGON - We had our first Father-Son ban– quet . Sixty-one men and boys attend– ed. Guest speaker was Dr. Don Callan , Chairman of Missionary In– ternship Service Committee of Cedar– ville College and Coach of Cedar– vil le's basketball team. He showed a film of their recent basketball evangel– ism tour of the Far East. We antici– pate having Rev. and Mrs. Mark Trimble (BMM- BraziJ) with us in the near future. TEMPLE BAPTIST C HURCH, PORTSMOUTH - Our Adult Choir, under the direc– tion of Mr. Ray Williams, presented the cantata "Hallelujah What A Sav– iour" at the Berean Baptist Church in Sciotoville, Ohio. Our Annual Wo– men's Missionary Banquet was held at Lake Margaret. The Southern Ohio Bible Institute which meets here in our church has started its Spring quarter. Evangelist Bob Smith was used of the Lord to move in the hearts of saved and unsaved alike during his special meetings here. BIBLE MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH, R EYNOLDSBURG - Missionary Ed Swartz (BMM Venezuela ) was with us recently. We had a great time at our Mother- Daughter banquet. Our Family Sum– mer Bible School will be held June 12-16. CALVARY BAPT IST HURCH, SANDUSKY - A group of nine of our young people made a tour of a number of Chri stian schools. They hope to visit even n1ore schools in the future. It is believed that thi s will interest them in hristian schools for their future training. Whil e at the Moody Bible Institute they saw the work at radio station WMBI. Al so, while in Grand Rapids, they visited the Radio Bible Class ( Richard DeHaan ). Dr. Wil– I iam Stewart held a Prophetic-Evan– gelistic Crusade here. Dr. Stewart is with the Moody Bible Institute. We had a good time at our Mother– Daughter banquet. Mrs. James Carr, a converted Jewess, was the guest speaker. BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST C HURCH, SPRINGFJELD - We had Brother Ken Anderson to speak to us one Sunday evening. He and hi s wife are now in Brazil doing missionary work. Mrs. Alice Wimer spoke at our Ladies Missionary meet– ing. We have called Mr. Ralph Wer– ner to be our Minister of Music. Bro– ther Werner teaches in the music de– partment at Cedarville College. Pas– tor Chapman began his ministry here Sunday, June 4th. SOUTHGATE BAPTIST C HURCH, SPRINGFIELD - Pastor Stowell spoke at a Women's Meeting at Cedarville College. He al– so conducted a workshop on "How (Continued on page 10) LIMA BAPTIST OPEN Entry Deadline - August 15 See May issue for details Th~ Word 0( life or write ... GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH 1097 Fett Avenue Lima, Ohio 45801 ESTABLISHING BAPT IST CHU RCHE WHERE THERE WERE NONE JUNE·JULY, 1972 7