The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1973

SHINGTON HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, 'TON - lissionary Allen Fisher (BMM - Chad, ca) spoke here recently. He is the son n veteran missionaries (now retired) Dr. , Mrs . Gerald Fisher. We had the privilege 1 seeing the film - "The Ultimate Adven– ". This is a Moody Science film. IE ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, tR IA - 1ur pastor, Rev. David Dunkin, brought afternoon messages for a week over on WCRF. Recent speakers include Rev . , Small (ABWE - Brazil), Dr . Donald it (GRBBC), Rev. Bruce McDonald (North– J Baptist Church), Rev . L. W. Beckley ria) and Rev . Loren Schenck (Grafton). Paul Friederichsen (ABWE representative) - our special speaker at our Missionary ference. ~T BAPTIST CHURCH, RIA - vangelist Tom Williams cf Denver, Colo– ' and "The Musical Kriegers" held an ,t-day series for us. Their ministry was of blessing and challenge. We recen t ly ailed new equipment that has greatl'i anced our Dial-A-Meditation ministry. TH BAPTIST CHURCH, LLIPOLIS - Ve adopted a new budget for 1973 that eeds $41,400. We rejoice in this in that • church is but two years old. The Lord is d. The sum of $8,500 was paid toward ucing our debt. This was realized in a e month period. Last yea r our Sunday 6001 averaged 144 per Sunday. Our goal '73 is 201. The Lord blessed through our :\ sionary Conference. Guest m1ss1onary I akers were Rev. Frank Hartwig (ABVv'E ~ Philippines), Rev. Charles Reeves (BMM -1\laska) and Rev. David Marcum (S IMI - 'an). iT BAPTIST CHURCH, ELLIPOLIS - he special Dedica t ion Se rvices held d ur– • January proved a blessing to our pe9ple. :h was gained, too, t h rough the Bible , Workers Conference. This was presented c personnel o f our Regular Bapt ist Press . t William Kuhnle spoke at our Dedication :, 1ice. Rev. Earl P. Muller was wit h us ruary 25 through March 4 in a Bib le ":>hecy Conference . His messages a re in· native and made very clear th rough t he J of Bible Charts. TH BAPTIST CHURCH, •CASTER - ev. Earl Umbaugh, our State Missior.a ry, Ike here in late February. He presented Camp Program in our Evening Service. , are holding a Spring Bible Conference rch 25-28 wi,h Editor I Evangeliist Doo ~ffat as guest speaker. ST BAPTIST CHURCH, ~CASTER - leven of our young people attended Winter Advance at Sky View Ranch . Rev. 1 Loper of Cedarville College ministered e in the absence of our pastor- Rev. Milton kley. We held our Third Annual Bible 1ference at the end of January. Rev. vald Morley (Faith Baptist College, An– y, Iowa) and a musical group from school were with us during these days . ":HFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH - Ve recently had the joy of burning our rch mortgage. This was all paid off 1e 18 months earlyl Participating in the .fTlony were Pastor David Shimp, the E OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST church trustees and our ch urch treasurer, Mrs. Ailene Keller. Brother James Dersham (FBHM) conducted six days of Bible teach– ing evangelism. We praise the Lord for those recently saved and baptized. PLEASANT HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST LIVERPOOL - The Lord Blessed through the specia l meet ings of Editor/ Evangelist Don Moffat . We thank t he Lord for Mrs. Moffat's ministry, too. Souls were reached for Christ I Rev . and Mrs. Frank Odor (Vienna Baptist Church) we re with us during our Watchnight service. This same evening we used our newly in· s talled baptistry for the first time . Our pastor, Rev. Moosey and his wife took some of our young people to visit Cedarville Col– lege. We ' ve only recently remodeled our church and it looks beautiful. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW LONDON - Pastor Moore is now bringing a series of messages on "The Christian Home". Our Ladies Missionary group are working on a VBS project for Miss Janet Wolfe (BMM - Brazil). During March we are having the Cedarville College Choir present a sacred concert. EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH LORAIN - During February a gospel team from Faith Baptist Bible College (An lr~ny, Iowa) minis– tered here . The team included Rev . 0 . S. Morley, Dean at FBBC and a musical group. We anticipate blessing durinq March when Evangel is t Robert Sumner will be with us . HARMONY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW MATAMORAS - We held our first Sunday service in our new auditorium on Chr istmas Sunday. We recently he ld our first wedding. Everything went off beautifully. Our new JOY CLUBS have got ten under w ay. We prai se the Lord for all He has done for us! FIRST BAPTIS1T CHURCH, MEDINA - Rev. Albert E. Johnson is serving as our Inte rim Pastor. A love offering was taken for our former pastor, Rev . Kenne th Smelser and his wife . Added to the offering was a gift from the church of $1 ,000. The Smelsers are now ministering in Lake Worth, Florida . GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, MINFORD - Our Mission ary Conference was a bless– inq ! Those taking part were Mr. Andrew Wood (Director of Shepherd's Home for Retarded Children), Mr . Don Kinzer (Director of Word of Life Fellowship for this area), Dr. Richard Stagg (missionary appointee to Bangladesh under ABWE), Mr. Leeland Crotts (Director Hebrew and Christian Society - BMM) and Rev. Earl Umbaugh (State Missiona ry f or our OARBC). NORTHFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH - A group of approximately 20 of our fo lk attended Bill Gothard's Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts. This was held in Detroit, Mi chigan . We are looking to the Lord to greatly bless through our coming evangelistic meetings with Evangelist Jack Murray. The dates are March 25 through April 1. BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, OREGON - We had a blessed time during our Mis– sionary Conference. Guest speakers were a par t of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. They were Rev. Haro ld Amstutz (Candidate Secretary), Rev . Norman Ni ck las (Brazil) and Rev . Leigh Upchurch (Philippine Is lands). NORTH OLMSTED BAPTIST CHURCH - We had the joy of s itting under the minist ry of Rev. Gerald Smelser (The Cleve– land Hebrew Mi ssion). Our pastor, Dr . Kenneth Good conducted a Bible Conference in Ashland, Ohio. POLAND VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH, POLAND - A special reception was given in honor of our new pastor - Rev . Calvin Steiner - and his fam ily. Th is w as held at the church on February 1. It was a time that included a short mus ical package, a special welcome and a time of f el lowship and refreshments. We are thankful to the Lord for sending us our new pastor. TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTSMOUTH - We praise the Lord for the impact made on our church and our community through the ministry of the Life Action Crusade team. We have set up two " Instruction Classes" (Membe rship Classes). One is for the childre n - 6th grade and younger and the other for adults 7th grade and older . All members of the church (new and old) are being en– couraged to attend . REYNOLDSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH - Missionar ies Gene Townes {Bf'.AM - Afr ica) and Robert Shumaker (ABWE - Japan) spoke here recently. T.wo mus ical groups will be w it h us soon . They are the Ph il adelphia Col– lege of Bible Chorale and Cedarville Col– lege 's Swordbearers. We voted unanimous– ly to provide Miss ionary Sam Hornbrook (BMM - Mexico) the sum of $2400 for a car. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, SUNBURY - Brother Earl Un1baugh (OARBC State Mis– sionary) was with us recently to present our State D.F.C. program. Rev . Howard Clay– ton Gray also minis tered here in early February. (Continued on page 14) REGULAR BAPTIST CHI LDREN'S HOME 2 14 N. Mill Stree t St. Louis, Michig_an - 48880 First in Service to Ch ildren and the Unwed Mothers Since 1952 " Pray for Uc. Brethren ' Approved bv Na ional A )')n. GARBC Want M ore lnformat,on? W ri t e MARCH, 1973