The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1972

, 1sadc which will be he ld Oc tober 29 No , nber 3rd. Evange li s t Del Fe hsenfc ld and his 1up wil I direc t th is e f f or1 , ACE BAPTIST CHURCH, \A - Ne recently voted to send $300 to the ledicts for the ir outfit and passage to 1gla Desh . We also decided to give $30 per nth toward the support of Miss Janet Wolfe r plans are to serve the lord in Brazil. f ST BAPTIST CHURCH, IDINA - :)ur "Church in the Pa rk" this year was st successful. Recently we took a special ering for Miss Karen Churgovich . She plans going soon to minister in Afri ca. We vot ed our Bus Committee to negotiate for a bus ,en they find a good buy. Also, it was ,red to give the Kirtland Bapti st Bibl e urch $1,000 toward the ir church building if •y can get the necessary down payment. >RTHFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH - We held a 3pecial Homecoming for our ssionaries Rev. and Mrs. Dave Gardne r BWE- New Guinea). It was our joy to hos t ? Baptist Mid-Missions North Ameri can Field ,uncil. Mr. Bruce McDonald has accepted a I to serve as Assistant to our Pastor and nister of Youth and Visitation . He began , ministry with us on September 1st. )RTH OLMSTED BAPTIST CHURCH - The lord blessed through the ministry of a mber of men who have spo ken here recent- . These men are Rev . Earl Umbaugh, Rev . arren Belf ire (EBM-Australia), Rev. Leon ,all (ABWE- 3razil), Dr . David Nettl e ton, Rev . ayton Howard Gray and Dr . Kenneth Muck. MPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, )RTSMOUTH - Our Adult Choir, under the direct ion of Mr. 1y Williams, presented a Summer Conce r t . so, our Jun ior Choi r presented a twenty nute cantata entitled-"The Creation ." We eat ly enjoyed the ministry of Rev . Richa rd T. clntosh of Cedarville College . We a re expect - 9 great blessing at our coming 45th Annual ARBC Conference which w ill be held here in ,r church . . . October 16, 17 and 18. ESSED HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, >RINGFIELD - A special brass ensemb le musicale including Jests from Ceda rville College was with us ,e Sunday evening The program was one of essing. Missionary Miss Connie Endi cott >oke to our Women 's Missionary Union . OUTHGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, PRINGFIELD - Our Sunday School teachers, youth workers, re met together for a Christi an Educat ion taf f Retreat Rev Wm. Wheele r o f Grand apids, M1ch1gan was our guest speaker. He iscussed, among other th ings, "Keys t o Suc– essful Leadership" We continue laying plans "Jr the erect ing o f a new sanctua ry HE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST A Word From Our Editor • • • We c lipped the fo llow ing f rom a church l1ullctjn, We have ,na e.le , as you can sec, a f cw changes. "DO YOU KNOW WHY F IRE f·NG lN I~ AR T~ RFD?" W ell , fire trucks have f our whccl c;; and eight men. Four plu \ eight equal s twe lve. T here arc twel ve i nches in a ru ler . Queen I li,abc th ,s a rul er . . . and, Queen -= I iza l)cth is the largc\t ship on the \even <iCas. Seas have fi sh and fi sh have fins. The Finn<, fought the f{t1 \~1a n ~ ... and the T{u sians are Hred". Fire truck<, arc alway<i ru ~hin'. Therefore .. . fire lrt1cks arc always red! If you thinlc thi s is poor reasoning, you ough t to liste n to some p astors ex plain why their churches d on 't subscribe to THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPT IST! GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, SUNBURY - During September we were privileged to have Rev . Clifton Mill e r (BMM- Campus Min– istries) and Rev. James Ruck (BMM- J apan). Our pastor, Rev. Ma rtin Ho lmes recent ly fell and broke his arm. He is now, however, get– t ing a long much better . EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, TOLEDO - Evangelis t Dr. Fred Brown w as with us September 10-17. The Lord blessed. The date for t he completion of our new auditorium has been established . A special Dedication and Homecoming Wee k is being pl anned fo r No– vember 19-26. We were pleased recen tl y t o have Rev. Norman Nicklas (ABWE- Brazil) tel l of thei r work in Braz il. "Choir Day" was held on September 23rd. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, WARREN - A gospe l team from Baptist Bible College (Cla rks Summit, Pa .) w ith Coach J ames Hucka– by we re wi th us. The lord gave us a great time this summer at our special Promotion Day and Rally Day se rvices . GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, WESTLAKE - At a recent baptismal service, a man 92 years of age was immers ed . Pastor Ra lph Burns said that only th is once in his e ntire ministry has a person of this age ever been ba pt ized! Our Missionary Conference wil I be he ld October 8-16 w ith missionaries Bill Fusco (BMM- ltaly and Field Representative) and Ben Kendricks (BMM- Central Afr ican Republi c) WHEELERSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH - Supply preache rs o f la te have been Dr Mead Armstrong (Cedarville College), Mr . James Phipps (Ceda rvi lle College), The Sword– bearers (Cedarville Col lege) and Rev . Donald Crisp. Specia l meetings were held August 7-13 a t which our brother, Rev. Ga ry Norris spoke. We continue to look t o the l ord to le ad us to the right man to become our pastor FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WILLOWICK - Dr . Roy Thon1pson spoke recen t ly at our Church Wor kers Banquet . As a church we have ca lled Mr . Philip Vine (Arcanum, Ohio) to serve as our Church Youth and Music Di– recto r. Brother Vine is now on the field and serving in this capacit y . Rev . J ack Leming from England ministered here recently. His minis– try was blessed by the Lord . We will be hold– ing our Missionary Confe rence October 15-18. EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, XENIA - We were pleased to have Rev. Ri cha rd Mc intosh of Cedarvill e College and Missionary Ben Kendricks (BMM- Centra l African Repub– lic) minister to us while our Inte rim Pastor, Rev . James Grier, was away on vacation. Also, one of our members , Mr . George Ham– blin, as well as Rev . Howa rd Leighton was with us . Our Xenia Chris t ian Day School opened in September with a lmost 150 st u– dents . Our Xenia Bible In stitute began its Tuesday even ing classes. OCTOBER, 1972 15