The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1972

IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, ARCANUM - The Lord blessed in o ur special meet, ngs . Ed itor Evangel ,st Don Moffat was our guest spea er Other special speakers during Sep· tember have been Rev Doug Wasson (HBM), Re, Clare Sal iers and Mr. Andrew Wood, D rector of Shepherds, Inc. AVON BAPTIST CHURCH - Rev. Howard Reinhold has been serving as our Interim Pastor He was recently extended a call by the church to become our full-time Pastor and has accepted. He is a graduate of the Prairie Bible Institute, Alberta, Canada and has also attended Bob Jones University. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BLANCHESTER - We' ve had three different singing groups w ith us- 'The Singing Midriff Family," " The Revelators" and " The Pine Ridge Boys ." Bap· tist Mid-Missions' missionary, Miss Nulph spoke at a prayer meeting Rev. and Mrs. Richard Kilian held evangelistic services. BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, BEDFORD - Norma . service. special Following one of our Sunday evening serv– ices, Winnie Barr is and Gloria Robinson showed slides of their recent trip to Trin idad. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BOWLING GREEN - We held our Anniversary Sunday on Oc– tober 1st. Rev Bruce Stewart, our former pastor, was with us as special speaker for this occas ion. vVe anticipate blessing during our coming Miss ionary Conference. Th is will be held October 26-29. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, BUCYRUS - Guest speakers of late have been Rev . Wm. West and Rev . George Zinn . Also, we were pr ivileged to have the Bapt ist Bible College Ensemble minister here. We are looking to the Lord to bless in our special meetings with Chalk Gospel Artist, Evangelist C Leroy Shreveland-October 22-29. 14 OCTOBER, 1972 We invite all of our OARBC pastors to place u.r on th t Ir malling list. Send us your Church Calen– dars each week. Our mailing ad– dress is simply - Editor Don M o f I at, Box No. 160, Xenia , Ohio - 45385. WHIPPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, CANTON - Recent guest speakers include Editor/ Evangelist Don Moffat, Rev. Edward Helmick and Rev. and Mrs . Nate De Lisi (BMM-Hawaii). GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, CARROLLTON - Our church was organized in J anua ry of this year. We are meeting in a rented hall. We covet the prayers of our sister churches that we might soon have a building of our own. Rev. D. D. Canterbury is our pastor. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDARVILLE - Mrs . Ern est Olsen (ABWE-Peru) spoke a t our Women's Missionary Union. Rev. a nd Mrs. Ol– sen are now living in Cedarvville. Evangelis t Chelsea Stockwell, a member of our church, supplied our pulpit one Sunday in August . BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, CLEVELAND - Mrs. Peggy Busch sang for us on Rally Day. We are placing a heavy emphasis on our bus ministry this Fall . Recent guest speakers have been Rev . and Mrs . Alan Pa tte rson (BMM– J ewish Work-Los Angeles, California) and Rev . and Mrs . Ron Meznar (ABWE- Brazil). Our brother Rev. Ross Epper ley of our Baptist Chr istian Schools also spoke here. CEDAR HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, CLEVELAND - We have had a number of men fill our pulpit since Dr. Balyo left us. They are Rev. Clifton Miller, Rev. Paul Tidball and Dr . Robert Gilbert. A special Music Seminar will be held here on Saturday, October 14th. Mr . Ha rold De Cou, Mr. David Matson, Rev. Ross Epperley and Mr. Paul Matthews, our Minister of Music are the principal people involved in this planned seminar. HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - Rev . L. S. l ua rd , our new pas tor, and his family are now living in Columbus. A special Installa t ion and Reception serv ice was held on September 26th . Dr. fi..~onroe Parker is to be with us for special meetings November 13-19. IMMANU EL BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - AWANA missionary Rev . W. Denton Reill ministered here in August. Other guest spcal crs include Rev . Edward Spencer nnd Dr . Mca Armstrong of Ccdorville College. Also, M nnd Mrs . John Bird . Those folk are gradua t of Ccdurville College and more recently Gran Rapids Seminary. Evangelist and Mr1;, Clar11nc Henson held special meetings September 11-17 This was our Special Family Evangelistic Cam paign. MARAN~THA BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBUS - We we re informed by the Oh,o State Boar< of Education that ... "A recommendation wil be made at the September meeting of the State Board of Education that the Mirana th Christian School be gran ted approva~ status' Our Pastor's Assistant, Rev. Charles Reed re cently resigned to become pastor of the Berean Bap t ist Church in Marion, Ohio H began his minis try in Marion on September 3rd. EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, DAYTON - We voted to increase our missionary giving to Larry Armstrong, Ter ry Armstrong, Hea th Bobbett, Carson Fremont and Clifton Miller . lump sum was also approved f o r Joe McCaba and Karl Luyben. We are having a Youth Crusade with Brot her Paul Eve rett, October 22-27. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ELYRIA - The lord blessed t h rough the ministry of Rev. Le igh Adams. Guest speaker at our Labor Day Sunday Rally was Dr . Paul Tassell. The Conquerors Quartette ministered here one Sun day in August . EUCLID-NOTTINGHAM BAPTIST CHURCH, EUCLID - We hosted a special Fall Rally for our Be rean Fellowship on Octobe r 5th . Rev. and Mrs . J ames Smith, St a t ion supply Evangelists with Baptis t Mid-Missions, were our guests for this meeting. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GALION - A work among the American Indians on the Bl ackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana was p resented by missionary Rev. Villes Emmel. FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS - Rev . Earl Umbaugh ministered here recently. His minist ry was one of blessing. Rev. Morri– son, our new pastor, and his family are now in Gallipolis. He began his ministry here on August 6th. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS - We thank the lord for the ministry of Rev . Frank Hamr ick among our young people. We anticipate b lessing in our coming l ife Action THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST