The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1991

1B nr , s dct1dli11 f llr l o,, r11l>er is u : ct l1 r 5 Across the State Pastor Jeffery Minniear Jeffery Minniear, mi ion– ary pa tor at Grace Port Bapti t, began hi mini try Clinton Lhere on June econd. Jeffery, who L. a graduate of Grand Rapid Bapli t Bible a llege, i a church planting n1L. ionary wilh ontinental Bapti t Mi ion . Prior to coming to Port . Clinton, be pent five year a an as 1 - tanc pastor, and two years in deputati_on \vilh ontinent.al Mi ion . He and bis wife, Debbie, have lhree chi ldren; Je . i a, Holly, and Gabriel. Port linton i a vacation area on Lake Erie and andu ky Bay. The church i located on tile peni n ula between Port Clinton and Marblehead. They have a lovely building on fi ve acre ju t off the end of the andu ky Bay route 2 bridge. The building, adequate to hou e a church of 0, i debt-free. Pa tor Minniear' goal are to attain personal e lf- upport as a mi ionary (currently at 50%); to bring the church to elf- upport a oon as po ible; and to develop a mini try of aggre ive ouLreach to lhe community, as well a to lhe large nun1ber of vacationer who frequent the area each ummer. :W ~ On Augu t 11 , F irst ~ Bapti t Chur ch welcomed Rittman f its new yout11 pas lor, Jarrod ~ Bartholomew. A 1991 m graduate of Faith Bapti t Bible College, Ankeny, Iowa, Jarrod' re pon ibilitie include vouth and mu ic . .tle and hi wife, Julie, have a dauE!hler, Erica. Ron Cole i ... en1or pastor at Fi r t Bapti l. 4 ~ Bible Dapti t' past r, 0 v~ ~ Paul Reimer, write , Ntwh~~ "Pa tor B b LcU1er , hi ~--~ wife an.d ~1ree teen , ~rune ~ , from Loom1 Park Bapu t ~ burcb of Jack on, Michigan, to belp u with vacation Bible cbool. Together we covered almost 2,000 home door-to-door. They were invited to VB or given a tract and an invitation to the service . A a re ult we averaged 116 each night. We have approximately 70-75 home to call on over the next few weeks. Our Sunday school superintendent bas challenged us to reach '91 in '91' in September." Assistant to the Pastor Brad Pellish and Jennifer • --~~ Brad Pellish bas ~en ~~ added to the full-ume staff W/~",77;_.,r,1!-b.~~~ of Washington Heights ~ 9 Baptist Church as assistant ~ ~ · to the pastor in outreach. He ~ and bis wife, Jennifer, are graduates of Bob Jones University. They are members of Wasbinoton Heights and have bad an active ri le in t11e church's ministry. This new position will give them a leadership role in soul-winning, visitation, di ciple hip and home Bible studies. ~ Faith Baptist Church ~ w;, recently honored Pastor and B ~ Nancy Jones on the occa– ~ sion of their 25th wedding ---~ - -anniver ary. Members · ~ arranged a ceremony at which the Jones restated t11eir vows. Lori Mark and Philip Jones and Nancy's fatb~r, Rev. Fred Crown, participated in lhe ceremony . A table displayed the couple's wedding pictures, ~nounce– ments, lhe Bible Nancy earned, and a 25- year-old love letter from Merlyn to Nancy. Poslor Jlill l'lough, o f licthel Buptist u1 Worrcn, reports he has found that the best way to di stribute the JD is lo fold and insert it in the Sunday bulletin. SMITE team from Bethesda Baptist in Brownsburg, Indiana. In August a group of 40 teens and adults from Bethesda Baptist Church 9 in Brownsburg, Indiana, ~ . traveled to Marion, Ohio, to ~ help the Oak Knoll Baptist Chapel in an outreach to that community. The SMITE team spent two days canvassing over 4,400 homes, and bad major responsibilities for Wednesday and Sunday services and a family film night, as well as five days of VBS and a_ VBS program. During the week approxi– mately 275 different children were present at VBS, and the teens led 50 children to Christ. Pastor Jeff Tague of the Marion church was excited about the contacts gained through the efforts of the Bethesda teens. r Pictured are building committee members Clarence Sheeter, Geoffrey Phillips, and Richard Baldwin, with Pastor Bruce Charpia (second from right) . The members of Faith Baptist Church recently broke ground for their new building on U.S. 6_8, one mile north of the city. · ~ Currently meeting in Pyle Center at Wilmington college, the church plans to occupy their new facility by late fall .