The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1973

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, GALLIPOLIS - We held our First Annual Thanksgiving ~usica l. Guest soloist for th is affa ir was lyri c tenor, Rev. George Zinn. Pas to r/ Evangel– ist To,n Burke was with us fo r speciol evan ~el ist ic meet ings in late October . Here, too, he lord blessed . =IRST BAPTIST CHURCH, :;ALLIPOLIS - Coach Lee Royer, Assistant Foo tball Coach 1t Annapolis spoke to our teens at their >anque t. The Lord willing we w ill ded ica te ,ur new Christian Educat ion unit on Jan uary 4th. Dr . William E. Kuhnl e, Assis tant to our ~ational GARBC Representative, w ill be the ea tured speaker. Th is w ill be fo llowed by Regular Bapt ist Press Chri stian Worker's ·onference. AITH BAPTIST CHURCH, ANCASTER - We praise the Lo rd for His bl ess ing on ,ur work. Several recently have received .hris t as Saviour. We now publ ish a Church Jewsletter whi ch goes out once each month. ;RACE BAPTIST CHURCH, ONDON - The right hand of fellowsh ip was exte nded o new members. We praise the Lord for iringing these fo lk into our fellowship. Our ursery has been furn ished w ith new cr ibs and rocker . The Lord is blessing and we praise lim for it! MMANUEL BAPTISfT CHURCH, 'ORAIN - We voted to give our deacons the author– y to hire a Chr is tian Education Director . 1e church choir presented a lovely Christ- 1as cantata . Our pastor was on radio sta– on WCRF. He spoke each day for a week n the " Bread of Life" program. UCLID AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, )RAIN - On November 15th, our Assistant Pastor Mr. Ken Blevins - was ordained to the ospel ministry. We recently held a Mission– y Conference with missionaries Rev. Ben endr ick and Rev. Dick Sterkenberg. RST BAPTIST CHURCH, EDINA - Those taking part in our Missionary Con– rence were Dr. Bruce Lackey of Tennessee ·mple Schools, Dr. Ralph Ankenman (ABWE Bangladesh), Miss Florence Hagen (Mis– ,nary to the Jews), Rev. and Mrs. Dale >ftis (BMM - Jama ica) and Rev. Virgil ,njer (BMM - Germany). RACE BAPTIST CHURCH, INFORD - We now put out a news sheet which we II - GLIMPSES OF GRACE . Plans are being ade to erect an addition to our church. ds will cost in the vicin ity of $40,000. Rev. 1vid Marcum, miss ionary to Japan held ecial meetings for us. We also had Brother tE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Deon Henry of Brown St. Bap tis t Church, Akron, load us in a Bible Conference. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, NILES - We arc seeing a cont inued increase in a ttendance as cl result of our recent Sunday School cont es t. 11 was our privi lege t o hos t the Be thany Ra ll y a t which our State Mis– sionary - Rev. Earl Umba ugh spoke. NORTH OLMSTED BAPTIST CHURCH - Our pas tor, Dr. Kenneth Good, delivered four messages at Ced arvi ll e College recentl y. We were privileged to have Rev. James De r– sham (FBHM) as gues t speaker wh il e our pas tor was represent ing FBHM in Washing– ton, D.C. Pas tor Good has also been elected to the pos it ion of Chai rman o f our Council of Ten in our OARBC. NORTH ROYALTON BAPTIST CHURCH We he ld specia l mee tings in earl y Decem– ber. Gues t speaker was Chalk art is t/ Evangel– is t Leroy Sheve land. We are now receiving a bundl e lot of THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST each mon th. BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, OREGON - Ono of our young people was killed re– cen tly. He had been walking along a road and was struck by a passing truck Needless to say, this has had a great impact on our pcoplo young and old alike Since the death of this lad, his father two neighbor boys and thei r fa the r . . . all four have come to Chris t. It is a time of mixed emo- 1 ions. TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTSMOUTH - Our bro ther Rev. David Ful tz was ordained in our church recently. Our Adult Choir held a retrea t a t Scioto Hills. They are presenting specia l music during the Holiday Season . BIBLE MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH, REYNOLDSBURG - Our Fai thful Word Bible Conference was he ld Dec 27-3 1. Grea t speakers we re Rev. Ron Meznar (ABWE - Brazi l) and Dr. Joseph Pin ter of The Applachian Bible Ins titute. Rev. Jeff Imbach (Wes t Ind ies Mission - Jamaica) (Continued on page 17) OHIO BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BAPTISTS FOR HOME MISSIONS Reaching America at th is Strategic Time P.O. BOX 455 El YRIA, OHIO 44035 Phone: (216) 365-7308 DR. KENNETH A . MUCK, President JANUARY, 1973 13