The Ohio Independent Baptist, July/August 1992

, Washington Heights in Dayton sent a crew of 17 men and 5 women to Iwaki, Japan, to he lp Paul Bishop o f Baptist Mid-Missions construct a church building. The January work team saved the Japanese congregati on $100,000 in labo r costs. Pastor Michael and Denise Fraser •• mJ-~ , On June 1, Michael R. Fraser • became the pastor of Faith Baptist. Michael, a 1986 - graduate of Baptist Bible ~ £'_ College, Clarks Summit, · ~ formerly was youth pas tor at First Baptist, Willowick. He and bis wife, Denise, also a Bapti st Bible Col– lege graduate, have two children, Michael and Jacob. ~ , ,,/~ David L. Hixon bas m • accepted the call to become pastor of Calvary Baptist. - David has a Bachelor of ~ TTArts from Tennessee Temple ~ University and a Master of Divinity from Temple Baptist Theological Seminary . He comes to Calvary from Pennsville Baptist in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where he was youth pastor and music director. During the absence of a senior pastor for 1 1/2 years his responsibilities increased to include preaching each week. David and his wife, Faith , have three children, Charissa, Benjamin and Aaron. Grace Baptist , pastored by Dwain I-Iill , recentl y observed its 25 th anniver– - sary, highl ighted by the ~ , burning of the mortgage , ~ 2 J /2 years early. State Representative Larry }ietzer wac; the speaker at the morning serv ice, and David Morris, who pastored Grace for 20 years, spoke at Lhe special fLftemoon ~ervice. lne church began as a Il ible study in U1e home of Mr. and Mr . I~lvin King, of "edarvi lle ollege . 1--hc wordbearers, a student outreach ministry of the college, held street meeting in London for several monU1s, and did d or– to-door canvassing. ~ The Suburban Heights D Baptist Church caJled an ordination council to g examine their pastor, .--~_Timothy L. Fink, on ~ Thursday, April 16. The chairman of the council was Lynn Rogers of Northfield . The council unanimously reconunended to the church that U1ey proceed with the ordination service on April 28. Bible Baptist of Paris Township recently ob erved their 17th anni– - versary with the burning of ~ 0 a second mortgage. State · ~ Representati ve Larry Fetzer spoke at the ervice, and speciaJ recognition was given to the Adopt-a-Church program of the OARBC. Adopt-a-Church made a grant to the Bible Baptist Church at a very criticaJ time when the church was in desperate financial straits. The church expressed its appreciation to the OARBC for its timely help. Mike McLaughlin is pas tor at Bible Baptist. Norton Baptist has ~ recently provided two room for the local - affiliate of Baptist For ~ ,.., Life to et up a maternity ~ center. The center offer baby supplies and furniture, mater– nity need , cloU1ing from infant to adult ize , packaged food , baby food and fonnula, and a variety of handmade item provided by area wo1ncn' group . Infonnational brochure are avai lable on ubjcct frorn baby care to post-abortion yndrome. The center very effecti vely how client tJ1at Je us hrist loves them, and many leave witJ1 an intere tin vi iting the church service . l n c center welcome donation of anything from cloU1ing to cribs, and ca~h donations to help purchase diapers. .. ··: OIB news deadline for September issue: August 3 ·.· Serving .. ·.· Churches . Across : : ····:· t· :·:·: the State i~?~~I~~i :::::::::: State Representative : :: Larry Fetzer .· .• (Watch your mail for .·.·.· new phone number.) .. .. .. .•. ... ·,:·:·: ·.·.· . ... ·.· ... :.:::: ... •. ,: .·;·:·:·: .·:-:-:-:,· ' . . .. .• .,:,:,:,·,·.-. ·.· ·.· ·: .•. Buses & Vans For Sale 15-84 passenger vehicles available Buy quali ty for less at :,,r,r,,,~ Transportation IJl,;.Ji,;t!J Equip. Sales Corp. 6401 Seaman Rd., Oregon , OH 43618 419-836-2835 Toll-free nationwide 1-800-227-3572 "Big church discounts" ask for Bud Graham Ohio Independent Baptist is a publication of the Ohio Associa tion of Regula r Baptis t Churches Editor ta te Representative Larry Fet.ler Managing Editor Linda Thoma Proofrea d e r Patricia foetzer Technical Assis t a nce Regi ter Graphi cs, Rando lph , New Y rk Please direc t all comments, corresp nden e, and news to Ohio Inde p e nde nt Ba p tist P.O . Uox 293058 Keltering. ()11 45429 513 294 -0293 'J'he O lll is publish~d b1-n1onlhl y Fchfl\.1ar, May/June, Jul y/Aug. ov/l)t!c and n1onthly Jan. Apr. ept, Oct. for $ -t ($8 fort'1gn) per year hy the ()tuo Association of Rt!gu lar Baptts l ( hurcht's , 27 East Drive . Dayto n, ()JI 45419. 5