The Ohio Independent Baptist, August/September 1973

GARBC - Kansas City Conference COUNCIL OF EIGHTEEN Tho e Vt ho attended the 42nd An– nual GARBC conference in Kansas Cit)' , Mis ouri, June 25-29, had a mo t delightful time. A total of 1483 messengers regis– tered at the conference and an at– tendance of over 2500 ,vere in the meetings. Forty-six churches were re– ceived into our national fellowship. Sixteen others were removed. This gives a net gain of 30 churches, bringing the present membership of the Association to 1473. Of the 46 new churches, six were from the state of Ohio. These are the Walnut Creek Baptist Church of Baltimore, Ohio - the Independent B a p t i s t Church of Johnstown, Ohio - the Faith Baptist Church of Lancaster, Ohio - the L e a v i t s b u r g Baptist Church of Leavitsburg, Ohio - the South Madison Baptist Church of Madison, Ohio and the Millersburg Baptist Church of Millersburg, Ohio. The conference was on the theme of "Evangelism" and Bible messages were centered around this theme. Several important resolutions were passed on such subjects as "The Christian and the Occult", "Abor– tion", "The Christian's Use of Time" and "The Nature and Importance of the New Testament Church". The "Talents for Christ" winners this year included four young people from our Ohio churches. Willis Hull III of Elyria was first place winner in the field of Journalism. Bruce Mc– Coy of Lorain was first place winner in the category of Voice. There were two Ohio young people that won second place. They were Hans Bern– hoft of Toledo in Piano and Patrick Thompson also of Toledo in Preach– ing. First place winners are given a year's free tuition at any one of our GARBC approved s c h o o 1 s. Second place winners are given a one/half 4 AUGUST - SEPIEMBEI, 1973 year's free tuition at any one of our GARBC approved schools. The Executive Council of the As– sociation was enlarged to 18 mem– bers. (Editor's note : This council is carefully o r g a n i z e d so that the Association cannot be controlled by an hierarchy.) The election for the Council of Eighteen resulted in the following being chosen for two years : Duane Brown, F loyd Davis, Carl Elgena, Daniel Gelatt, David Nettle– ton, Wilbur Rooke, Paul Tassell , Don Tyler and Thomas Younger. Serving for one year each will be David Moore and Gordon Shipp. The fol– lowing continue on the Council. Their terms had not expired. They are Harold Scholes, James Jeremiah, Kenneth Ohrstrom, Joseph Bower, John Balyo, Ernest Pickering and Kenneth Elgena . Dr. John Balyo was elected to be the chairman for the coming year, with Pastor Floyd Davis serving as secretary. Dr. Merle Hull was re– elected treasurer. If our readers desire a more com– plete report concerning the confer– ence in Kansas City, we suggest they read the report written by Brother Ken Andrus which appears in the July/ August issue of the BAPTIST BULLETIN. The next Annual GARBC con– ference will be held June 24-28, 1974 at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Because of heavy demand for hotel accommodations at this beautiful oceanside location, it is important that those planning to attend next year's conference reserve rooms early even by the end of this year, if possible. A listing of accommodations is to appear in the pages of the Baptist Bulletin in 'the near future. Plan on attending. Your heart will be blessed! Devaluation Of the U.S. Dollar Churches t h r o u g h o u t o u r O.A.R.B. . fellowship might do well to follow the example of the Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa. We clipped the following from their church paper - THE NUT– SHELL - August, 1973. "DEVALUATION OF THE U.S. DOLLAR and inflation in the coun– tries where our missionaries serve has worked real hardship on their families and the work. A check with the various mission boards and with financial re– ports by banks and governments has prompted your Deacons Board to sug– gest an adjustment in our budget from July 1st to next January. The church approved the proposal. This means ad– justment increases from 10 percent depending on the field and the effects of inflation and devaluations. "The blessings we so enjoy at Wal– nut Ridge Baptist Church are partly due to the way we try to take care of God's servants.'' South Madison Church Recognized A recognition Council was held on June 16, 1973, at 1: 30 p.m. to · act on the propriety of examining and recognizing the South Madison Bible Baptist Church, as a regularly constituted Baptist church. Sixteen churches were invited to sit in session. The elected, permanent moderator of the council session was Rev. Roland Globig of Bible Baptist Church, North Madison, Ohio. The Clerk was Rev. Ben Garlich of Huntsburg Baptist Church, Hunts- burg, Ohio. Pastor of the Church, Bernard Smith gave a brief history, stating that the church is at least 100 years old. The Methodist Church of Thomp– son, Ohio, originally owned the site, and deeded it to the Community Church of South Madison, Ohio for $1.00. The property now consists of 2V2 acres, with a new edifice which is debt free. It became South Madison Bible Baptist Church in 1971, under which name it is constituted and incor– porated. The South Madison Bible Baptist Church, received from the messen– gers present, a unanimous vote that they become a fellowshipping church with the General Association of Reg– ular Baptist Churches. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST