The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1993

, New Direction Set For Church Planting We were really making progrc ! 'f hc new church developer proj ecLwa up Lo 68% of iL ftr L fund-rai ing goal. There were 15 churche conuniLted Lo upport– ing the proj ect on a monthly basi s. Dul God had other plans! Since the aLLenLion of the OARBC i now focu cd on tl1e RBF in urance ituation, we have ceased active fund-rai ing for a full-time new church developer po iLion. However , no one want tJlc vi i on for church planting in Ohio to die. o, at our annual conference, we voted to eslabli h a tale church planLing committee. If you know of an individual or two who could make a ignificant cont.ribuLion to tJ1 i church planting effort, end the name( ) Lo Pastor Joel 1-Iarriman, 8651 County Rd . 39, Belle enter, OI-I 433 10. The committee will erve a a catalyst witJ1 indi vidual , churche , and area church fellow hip to timulate church planting in the state. It will aJso serve as a facilitator for indiv idual and group wbo are burdened for church planting in Ohio. Money gi ven tow,trd tJle new church Council of Twelve Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches Tim Kenoyer, Maranatha Baptist, Columbus (Chairman) Lynn Rogers, Northfield Baptist, Northfield (Vice-Chairman) Tom Wright, Memorial Baptist, Columbus (Treasurer) Drew Baker, Emmanuel Baptist, Dayton (Secretary) Larry Engle, Graham Road Baptist, Cuyahoga Falls Ken Floyd, Perry Baptist, Canton Gus Guthrie, Calvary Baptist, Trff1n Joel Harriman, New Richland Baptist, Belle Center Merlyn Jones, Farth Baptist, Mount Vernon Max McCullough, Grace Baptist, Canton Ben Reed, Farth Baptist, Niles Ken Spink, Berea Baptist, Berea developer po ition i being kept in a church planting fund . An y gift now gi ven LOchurch planting wi ll be added lo what we already have and nladc available to the cornmittee to prorn ote and develop church planting in tlle ' L'llc . There i till an ongoing vi ion for church planting. ~fl1ing arc beg inning to happen in Marysvi lle and otJ1er area . Help u. keep the vi ion for church planting alive by your continued interest, prayer ' and upp rt. -- Joel I Iarrin1an New Richl and Bapti t Church Belle Center Pastor Max McCullough Max M c( ' ullough, pastor <>f (3racc llapti st ( 'hurch, (',u1ton, was elected L<> Lhc () hio ( 'ouncil o f ·r wcl vc at tJ1c Oct<>hcr 1992 1nceting <) f the ( )hio AssociaLi<Hl c> f l{cgular llapli . t ( hurchcs . M c( ' ullough prev iously served on the ( 'ounci I fron1 1985- 199 l . I le has al s<> served UlCstate as youth chainnan J>a~tor Mc( 'ullough holds a 13achclor of Art~ degree I rorn ( 'ctlarvi Ile C' ollcgc and a Ma~tcr of l )ivi nit y fro1n ( iracc ·r heologi – cal Sc1n1n,try. l lc i s cu rrentl y pursui ng a I )ocLorate ol Ministry Ir<>lll 1.u tJ1cr I~ice Scin 1 ll tlfY. Mc( ' ull ough tu1tl h1~ wi fe, ( 'arol, have three chi ldren I It \ hobbies arc rcacltng, ~por ts, anti yard. work. OIB news deadline for special February issue: January 1 Don 1 t Be Left Out Of The 1993 OARBC Di rectory of Churches. And don't let us print old infor– mation about your chu rch staff, either. You've asked for a new directory...now please help us do it r ight. Ta ke just a minute t.his week to send us a no~e (pos~– card will do) listing your staff and their addresses. Send to OIB PO Box 293058. Kettering OH 45429 Ohio Independent Baptist is a pu hlicution o f the ()h io Association o f l{egular llaptis t Churches Editor- s lalc l<.cprcscn lal i vc I.arry Fl'l1cr Managing Edito.- J ,i nda ' J'ho rnas P.-oofreade.- ()cborah )1 issctt Technical Assistance l~cgis tcr Ciraphics l{andolph . New York l'lca~c direc t <di cn1nn1t·111s . co1Tt.: s porH.lt : nee . .ind Ill'\\ s l n Ohio l11deper1de r1t Bapti s t )>() llnx2l) , o~x Kettering , ()ll . j '). j 2lJ 51 \ 2l)4 ()2l) \ l'tu.· <>II\ 1, puhli , ht•d h1 n10111h l} I l·ht \ I u \1 ,1>/ lt11h', Jul }/,\u~. '.: ,1,/ l)'-·c .111J 111,1111hl\ I.in. ,\pt . ~'-·pt . <ht , l ut ) -t t\h ldl l'J~II) l'-'r \,.11 h, th1..• ()hHl /\,,01..1 ,ttlilll lll Rl'!.!lll,11 J\,1pt1,1 ( ' IHH1.. h 1..·,. '\2/ I .,,1 1)11,.,·. l).1\IPll . ()II 1, 11 1 )