The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1973

Good a11.d Faith itl Servant 111 ttir J 1\ l l \R't '71 1 sttc, we ran a .. ,,,()rll )f ·t,ank.s'' fr 111 ot1r ~r ,tf1cr Re, J ·cph ~-1 aha - f(.)f an fTcring , cnt hin, hy tho c in attl: nlian c a t ot1r 45tl1 nnual 0 \ RBC conference held in Port - n1ot1th la .. t October . \\ ord ha. reached u f rtcnd 1 n \\, ,, ith Hi he .. erved o faithfu lly that our dear Lord whom and o well. • Brother McCaba was born and rai ed in Paterson, New Jersey . He wa the founder of the Evangelical Baptist Missions, Inc., Hawthorne, N . J. Rev. McCaba began the work of the EBM in the Republic of Niger ( French Sudan ) in 1928 and la ter developed work in seven other coun– tries. He was able to converse in Arabic ' as well as, French and the Afncan tongues. He was equally at home in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. At one time, he r educed the Djerma language to writing and translated the New Testament thus giving the Djer- n1a 1 coplc of Niger the Wo r<I of God. Notable in tl1c work of Rev. Mc- at,a has l1cen th at of dip lomacy, fir\t \Vith the officials of the French governn1cnt a nd later with the heads of diplon1atic representatives of the new African nation of Niger, Mali and Algeria. Mali and Algeria . An example of this wa hi decora– tion by the Pre ident of Niger, Mr. Hamani Diori . A a boy, the Presi– dent attended Bible clas es taught by Mr . McCaba. While he never sur– rendered to Christ, he remained a ' teadfast friend and regarded Mr . McCaba as a counselor. He sent hi s son to the EBM Elementary School in Niamey. In the Niger area, a part of the world where Brother McCaba spent many years, the EBM has established an elementary school for African children with a present enrollment of over 350 students, two orphanages, two dispensaries and an elementary school for missionary children. Eight mission stations have been estab– lished. "Brother Joe", as he was affection– ately called by many of his friend s retired as General Director of E BM eight years ago and moved to Florida where he served as !\1iss ion Consult– ant until the time of his death. He kept an active interest in promoting the work of EBM at home and abroad. He was widely known throughout the United States and par– ticularly among our GARB churches as a missionary statesman and Bible teacher. He will be missed by family, mis ionaries, p astors and friend s. Dr . K enneth Good, pastor of the North Olmsted Baptist Church , con– ducted his funeral in Paterson, New Jersey. THE CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION , • 0. lox 11056, Cleveland, Ohio 44111 Founded 1904 FUNDAMENTAL - BAPTISTIC - EVANGELISTIC Evangelizing the "Jdnsmen" of our Lord in Cleveland, Ohio Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil OFFICERS:- REFERENCES :- Mr. George B. Dunn, President Re v. Roy Clark , Vice President Rev . Gera ld V. Smelser, Superintendent Rev. A. Paul Tidball, Asst . Supt . Mr. Earl Hel frick, Sec' y.-Treas. Dr. J o hn G . Balvo. C level a nd . Ohio Dr . Paul Van Gorder, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Vaughn Sprunger. South Bend , Ind. Re v. Ll oyd Mo rri s, Flint, Mic h . Dr . Robert Ketcham, C hicago. Ill . Dr . Ralph Stoll , Lancaster, Pa . Dr. Melvin V. Efaw, H untington, W. Va . Dr. Frank C. T o rrey. Boca Rato n, Fl a. Dr . Kenneth Masteller , Haddo n Hts., N .J. Wrlt9 fot your fl!E copy of ''The Trumpeter fOf 1,,.. 1" ov, qu1rte,ly mav11lne devoted to the wOfk of Jewish eva~lilffl. 10 MARCH, 1973 Now Serving At Poland Village Church Rev. alvi n M. Stci11e r ic; now scrv.. 1ng ~c; pa tor ~f the Pola nd Village Bapt1 t hurch 1n Poland, Ohio. Prior to coming to the PoJand church , he pa tored the Olivet Baptist hurch in Bellwood, Pen nsy lvania. H e, at one time, was Director of Christian Edu– cation in the Fir t Baptist Church of New Town Square Pennsylvania. Our brother was born and reared in Akron, Ohio. H e received his B.A. in history at Houghton College and his M aster of Theology from the Dar– i as Theological Seminary. As part of his training, while in seminary, he did pastoral internships at Brown Street Baptist Church in Akron and Trinity Church in Seattle Washington. Mrs . Steiner was gradu: a ted from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and received her B.A. at Houghton College. The Steiners have two sons - James Kent , 3 Vi and Jona than C raig, l 1h . Both Rev. and Mrs. Steiner have had experience teaching in public school s. The Steiner family now re– side in the church parsonage at 77 Hill Drive in Poland. This is adjacent to the church. We trust the Lord wil l give them a rich and blessed ministry ~t Poland Village. We are happy he 1s a p art of our OARBC fellowship. ,----------------------------· TEACHERS NEEDED " Two elementary school teache rs need– ed for the f all of 1973 to teach in the Chr is tian School of the Will e · Hi ll Baptist Church, Willoughby, Ohio. Must be cer!i– f ied in the state of Ohio. Contact: Donald B. Woodby Willo-Hill Christian School 4200 State Route 306 Willoughby, Ohio - 44094 l THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE I 49 Honeck Street, Eng lewood, N.J . 07631 0 I I Name J I Address I I c· I L tty St. Zip I ----------------- THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST