The Ohio Independent Baptist, August/September 1973

• 46th Annual OARBC Conference The FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL _MEETING of the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches will be held October 15-17 in the Maranatha Bapli t Church, 4663 Trabue Road, Columbus, Ohio. Rev. William A. Brock is the Pastor of this church. The Assistant Pastor is Rev. Robert D. Anthony. Featured speaker for the confer– ence is Evangelist Paul Dixon. Rev. Bruce Snyder of Elida, Ohio will be in charge of the music and Dr. Ken– neth Good, Pastor of the North Olm– sted Baptist Church and Chairman of our Council of Ten, will direct each service. Others participating include Rev. Gerry Gratton of Paulding, Ohio, Rev. Joseph M. Stowell III. of Springfield, Ohio and Rev. Willis Hull of Elyria, Ohio. A Men's Forum will be held on Tuesday afternoon. The Women's Missionary Union will be holding their meeting at this same time. On Wednesday afternoon there will be three workshops. Brother Don Krue– ger will handle the one on "music". Rev. Nile Fisher will cover the field of "preaching" and Mr. Pete Mothers– head, along with Rev. Don Sewell , -will discuss "visitation". Accepts Post As Michigan Representative Our brother, Rev. John Wood, is now serving as the State Representa– tive for the Michigan Association of Regular Baptist Churches. He suc– ceeds Dr. Howard Keithley who serv– ed in that capacity for a number of years. Brother Wood served as pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Belie– f ontaine, Ohio from December of 1962. At that time, the congregation was meeting in an old facility made up of several buildings patched to– gether, plus a third building which had to be one of the oldest struc– tures in the city. About five years ago on April 4, 1971, they moved into a beautiful new all-electric, completely air-conditioned church building. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT IAPTIST Dr. James Entner, missionary un– der the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism to the Philippine Islands, will speak at the Missionary Hour. Brother Entner has only re– cently returned to the States after having served as a medical mission– ary on the island of Palawan. Reports will be given by 0.1.B. editor, Rev. A. Donald Moffat and State Missionary, Rev. Earl Um– baugh. New churches will be pre– sented and reports from our three camps - Patmos, Scioto Hills and Sky View Ranch. A very important matter pertaining to THE OHIO IN– DEPENDENT BAPTIST will be dis– cussed during the Associational Busi– ness Hour. The Maranatha Baptist Church in Columbus is an ideal place to meet. Pastor Brock and his people stand ready to extend a warm welcome to the people of our State Fellowship. This promises to be a great confer– ence. If you are planning on attend– ing (and you should be!) and are in need of overnight accommoda– tions, please write to Rev. William A. Brock, Pastor - Maranatha Baptist Church 4663 Trabue Rd.– Columbus, Ohio - 43228. Pastor Wood served as Moderator of the North Bethel Association, Vice-Chairman of our Council of Ten and Secretary of the Board of Trustees for Sky View Ranch. We are confident the Lord will bless him richly in his new endeavor. The men of our OARBC fel]owship will miss him greatly. VOL. 45, NO. 11 AUG. - SEPT., 1973 Pastor Participates On Television Panel Rev. John E. Greening, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Ohio recently participated in a thirty-minute television program over TV station WBGU - Channel 57. The panel was made up of Mel Mar– tin (WBGU News Announcer), Rev. Ross Miller (another pastor from Bowling Green), Barney Quilder (As– sistant Majority Leader in the State House of Representatives), William Spagens (Political Science Professor from Bowling Green State University) and Rev. Greening. The subject discussed was - "The Moral Implications of Watergate". The program was released through eight different TV stations scattered over the State of Ohio during the month of August. Having a part on this panel afford– ed Brother Greening the opportunity to give testimony concerning the Word of God and the part it should be al– lowed to play in our nation's politics. Those who have witnessed the showing of this program have expressed how pleased they were with the testimony • given. Pastor Of Avon Church Ordained At a call of the Avon Baptist Church , Avon, Ohio, twelve pastors and five messengers met on June 5th to examine their pastor, Mr. Howard H. Reinhold, regarding his fitness for ordination. Rev. Willis Hull of Elyria, Ohio was elected moderator of this council and Rev. Ralph Burns of Westlake, Ohio as clerk. After very careful examining of the candidate, the council voted unanimously to recommend to the church that they proceed in the or– daining of their pastor. An Ordina– tion Service was held on June 9th. The Avon Baptist Church is 1n fel– lowship with our Ohio Association of Regul ar Baptist Churches and our General Association of Regular Bap– tist Churches. AUGUST • SEPTEMBER, 1973 3