The Ohio Independent Baptist, November/December 1991

Talents for Christ Competition for Ohio Saturday, April 25, 1992 Cedarville College & Grace Baptist, Cedarville Theme of Competition : "Good & Faithful Servants,, Grades 8-12 eligible For information contact: Jamie Beight Calvary Baptist, 40 1 Center St. , Ashland OH 44805 • • First ~aptist hosted an ~ B open-arr concert by the · · Abundant Life Singers from ~ Cedarville College. The .,,/.,.,//1:F, concert was held in the town 1W square, in front of the town ball. The city fathers were pleased to be able to use the open lawn area for the musical. Through this means the church was able to minister to a larger segment of the community, as over 175 brought their lawn chairs and blankets for the informal musical presentation. Gospel songs interspersed with testimonies and quartet numbers gave a variety that was packed with the gospel message. The mayor expressed his appreciation for the fine evening of sacred music. Pastor Jeff Tague and Janna ~ , Jeff Tague is the new m pas tor at Oak Knoll Baptist. A graduate of - Cedarville College, Jeff ~ served as student youth pas tor , at the church. After the retire- ment of former pastor Marvin Clark, the congregation called Jeff as senior pastor. Jeff and his wife, Janna, began their new ministries at Oak Knoll July 1. ~. . Rjley Creek Baptist b~ • broken ground for a Chris– tian education wing. Pastor g David Cass writes, "The r. - folk here have been saving ~ and planning for many years. In one Sunday, the Lord aw fit to increase the building fund by over $10,800. [The next Sunday] was the fifth Sunday of the month, the Sunday where all the monies go to the building fund . This Sunday, to God's honor and glory, ll1e folk gave over $7,600. The excite– ment is beginning to bui ld. There wi ll be plenty of work for the gifted people of the church to do in the days ahead. We hope to have tl1e structure under roof by winter." Retiring pastor Donald McClintick and Pastor Scott Renstrom At the end of this year, having served as pastor of Nottingham Baptist for 9 over 13 years, Pas tor ~ _Donald McClintick will retire ~ from the pastorate. He and his wife will move to Pensacola, Florida, where he will serve as a southern representative for Baptist Mid-Missions. In his place, the church has called Pas tor Scott Renstrom to serve as the new shep– herd . For the last 11 years Renstrom bas served as minister of youth and music and assistant to the pastor. He will begin his service as senior pastor January 1. Pastor McClintick will schedule meetings and will also be avai lable to serve as an interim pas tor. Those desiring to schedule the McClinticks for meetings after February 1, 1992, may write them at their new location after December 2. Their new addre s i : 1324 East Gadsden Street, Pensacola, FL, 32501 . Pastor Eldon Stevens d/~ On November 3, Midview B Baptist welcomed Eldon Stevens as its new pa tor. 9 Formerly an evangeli t with ~ '""' Committee on Mi ionary ~ Evangelism ( .O.M.E.), Eldon has for t11e pa l three year erved at Maranatha Dapti t, olumbu , as deacon, teacher, and pulpit supply. I Jc i a graduate of Fai th Dapti tin Ankeny, Iowa, and hold lhe M.A. and Ph.D. fron1 Ileritage Baptist University. I le and his wife, Ro e Mary, have t11rcc adu lt children. om news deadline for January issue: December 6 - ~ On September 15, • Meadowbrook Baptist BJ1 r celebrated it first Home- coming. TI1e event was a ~ great ucce s with over 20 ~ families of vi itor and fonner members repre enting five state attending. Special recognition was given to the charter members present and tho e member who helped e tabli h the church in its early year . To highli ght the Homecoming celebration, Rev. David Fetzer, Meadowbrook' s second pastor, was the speaker. During bis tenure in Lima, Fetzer was instru– mental in leading the church to purchase property and construct tl1e fir t building. Other activities of the day included an afternoon pork roast and carry-in dinner, a Homecoming slide presentation reviewing the early year of the church, and an evening concert by the Glory Bound Quartet. Meadowbrook was establi bed in 1968 under the mini try of State Missionary Earl Umbaugh. Kenneth Gentzler currently erve as pa tor. Ohio Independent Baptist is a publication of the Ohio Association of Regular Baptis t Churche Editor State Representative Lan)' Fetzer Managing Editor Linda Thoma Proofreader Patricia Fetzer Technical Assistance Department of Public Relation . Cedarville Co ll ege Register Graphics, Randolph, New Y rk Please dire t all c mmcnt . corre p ndcn e. and ne \vS to Ohio Independe nt Baptist P.O. B x 29 0 Kettering. OH 45429 513-294-0293 1'he 0 18 [I SN 0747-0762] is publi ·hed b1- n1on1hly Feb/Mar, Ma y/June , Ju ly/Aug, ()ec/Ja n. a nd n1o nt hly Apr, St:p l, 0 t. Nov. for$ ~r year by the hi o A ss iation of Regular Baptist hurche . 27 East Drive, l)ayto n. 11 4541 9. 5