The Ohio Independent Baptist. June 1973

.M.F. State Meeting ~our hundred ladies from all over io met in April at the Calvary Bap– hurch in Findlay, Ohio (Rev. ·hard Snavely, Pastor) for their 1ual Spring meeting. The theme for o, conference was HEstabJish Thou ! Work Of Our Hands". lev. Warren Simmons, Joy Club ·ector, spoke in the morning telling the great outreach Joy Clubs have the lives of boys and girls. Rev. I Mrs. David Gerhardt, mission– - :s to the Sioux Indians, presented 1r work in the afternoon. Both ,akers had interesting table displays. rhe project the ladies have taken c the coming year is to raise the n of $4,000 to provide a much .ded car for our State Missionary 1. Earl Umbaugh and his wife. etreats for the ladies were stressed. 1 ~ first retreat will be held at Scioto Is Baptist Youth Camp, September 15. The second retreat will be at S View Ranch September 20-22. ·ther word concerning these re– uts will appear in future issues of ' O.I.B. ~ special "thank you" goes to the c: es at Calvary Baptist Church in t dlay for all they did to make this \"lUal Spring Conference a success. tired Pastors Serve JLecently the Bethel Baptist Church Elyria, Ohio (Rev. Walter Spieth, or) bestowed upon Rev. Elton 1eill the title of Pastor Emeritus. ither Hukill was the first pas– < of this church. He is now, ,ever, retired from active pastoral istry. The church dearly loves and . 1es the fellowship of both Brother 1 Sister Hukill. 'he church also voted to extend a ~ to Rev. Kenneth Nelson to be r Minister of Visitation. Brother son has retired from the active ·oral ministry after 40 years. His J pastorate being the Camden Bap- Church in Oberlin, Ohio. His r istry as Minister of Visitation is • ·e of a ministry of love than a n1etary arrangement. We believe Brother's ministry among us will blessed of the Lord. he Bethel Baptist Church is now ,pleting their building at 10170 lt Ridge Road in Elyria. REMEMBER TO PRAY for the CAN OF COINS PROJECT BANGUI BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL Central African Republic BAPTIST MID-MISSIONS 4205 Cheder Avenue Cleveland, Ohio - 44103 OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Accepts New Position From time to time in the pages of THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAP– TIST we have had word concerning Baptist Mid-Missions missionaries - Ben and Nina Kendricks. These dear folk went to Africa in 1952 and work– ed among the Sera tribes of what was then French Equatorial Africa. l .. ater they moved to the Oubangui Cheri in Central African Republic. In 1960 they returned to C.A.R. to serve as house parents for 46 mis– sionary children at Crampel. Follow– ing this they moved to Bangui where Brother Ben became Business Man– ager for the Mission. Here a radio ministry was carried on and a Bible School started. Still later, in 1969, while back at Bangui they undertook the responsi– bilities of constructing the Bangui Baptist High School and a dormitory for the high school girls. The pages of the O .I.B. were used to help present this need. Many of our Ohio folk re– sponded and thus the need was met. "The Kendricks" are now making another move! Our brother has ac– cepted the position of Northern Depu– tation Secretary for Baptist Mid-Mis– sions. He will have his office at the Baptist Mid-Missions Headquarters -'+4205 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio - 44103. The Lord has blessed these dear folk with three children of their own - Pamela Ann, Peter and Paul. God has given Brother Kendricks a great burden for missions and mis– sionaries. He is an excellent speaker. His ministry could be one of blessing and challenge to our churches. In– terested pastors may contact him at the Cleveland address. Subscribe to: $2.00 per year The Ohio Independent Baptist FOR A FRIEND Sox 160 Xenia, Ohio 45385 New Lakeview Pastor The Faith Baptist Church, Lake– view, Ohio has called Mr. Keith E. McKim to serve as their pastor. He began his ministry there on April 8. Pastor McKim graduated from Ten– nessee Temple College, hattanooga, Tennessee in 1972. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Bible and a minor in English. While attending school our Brother was active in the branch church ministry of Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, and also served in the jail ministry. He was employed by the school as a Work Scholarship Director. Pastor McKim and his wife, Louise, have one daughter, Kathleen Ann. On Easter Sunday the church reached its record attendance which had not been broken for two years. Commencement Banquet The West Side Baptist Bible In– stitute which meets in the Brookside Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio held its first Commencement banquet on May 14th. Guest speaker for this oc– casion was Rev. Chic Watkins (BMM - Liberia). The Institute this year reached a total of 68 students. They represented 16 different churches. The Evangeli– cal Teacher Training Association has granted "Affiliate" status to the West Side Baptist Institute. The first stu– dents completing the ETIA Certifi– cate Course requirements were hon– ored at the banquet by receiving cer– tificates of credit. ~ia~ ~aµat 4 2601 LINC OLN ROAD SOUTH A ml aa lon .,,.,ncy •ppt t>• c- l l•y 11 nJ • .,oper 11n, 1!h ,n., u AWDC JUNE, 1973 13 •