The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1993

, everal individual have eot in c hecks des ignated toward the claims of a mi ss io nary. Across the State Church Planting Vision Continues T he que lion ha been rai ed: '"Whal effect doe the pre ent health ca.re cr1 · 1 have on ilie OARBC plan for church planti ng in Ohio?" The ouncil o f Twel ve ha tabled for an indefinite time tJ1e hiring o f a church pl anting coordinator ; ~t wa no t deen:ed fea ible to further obligate our a oc1a– tion with another finan cial re ·pon ibi l it y at tJ1i time. Thi doe no t 1ncan that our vi ion f r church planting ha altered one bit. TI1e pre · ing need for expanding our outreach in our own ~late i . till very mucl1 on our heart . We w ilJ , however, be taking a new direc ti on in church planting . The Counc il , under the direction o f the hurch J) lanting IJi ai son Joel I larriman , i s in the proce., o f selecting a team of pct>pl e in Ohio who have a pecial burden for church planting. rfhi con1n1i t tec wi II gi ve leader ship in tJ1c ent ire area o f church planting promoti<)n and acco1npl i hn1cnt in Ohic) . Some churches have already put the church p l ,u1t ing ministry on their budgets. Jt is imporuu1L t11at L11i s suppc)rt c<)nt1nues so as to 1 1akc progr ess in church planting . 'fh c () Tll w ill keep you informed on progrc~s in tJ1i s area. Serving Ohio State Representative Larry Fetzer 884 Knebworth Ct. Westerville, OH 43081 614-523-3666 Open dates throughout '93 The Needs Are Great • A pa tor and hi w i fe in nortJ1cas tcrn Oh io til l have oul tanding cl aim o f $650 f rom the birtJ1 o f a baby a year ago. • A church in nort11em ()hio ha been hit w it11 heavy rnedical bil l s for bo t11 pa. t r and a. i . tant, to tal l ing over $28,00(). • A pa tor ' wife in a srnaJI church in central Ohio had surgery, with bill of over $6,000. They are hard-pressed to make payn1ent on a l imited inco1ne. • A pa, tor in outJ1ern Ohi o had cance r urgery; bil l ahout $40,000. • The widow o f a home 1nis ionary faces bill for her hu. band, who died o f cru1cer , in execs. o f $42,000. Thi s is far beyond her li1ni ted ability to pay . • An :1. istant pastor ' wife gave birth to a criou ' ly affli cted chi ld. f I ospital expense. arc over $65,000 . • A 111 issionary pastor wicJ1 111 in in1al support had surgery costing over $ 12,()00 . I lis srnall church and support – er have already helped . ' l'hcy cannot do it alone . • ()ne of our older pastors in northcn1 ()hi<>had needed n1cd ical trcat111cnt cos ting over $ 1,600. I le w ill definit el y need hel p. • A pastor who lost his wife to cancer has hccn left w11h huge hi ll~. • A rel ired ()hto ptL\ lor ha~ hill~ of $1,600. • l iolh pa~tor and wire wcrl' ru~hcd to the ho"pital. ' f he hill wa~ alt110~1 \6,000 . Of the 136 out. landing c lain1~. there arc 2 1 of less than $ 100: 66 arc between $ 100 an<l $ J ,000: 2(> hctwccn $ 1.000 and $5 ,000. 'f hc hi ghes t i above $(15.000 an<l the lowest is for $ .47. Don 't Be Left Out Of The 1993 OARBC Directory of Churches. And don't let us print old infor– mation about your church staff. either. You've asked for a new di rect ory...now please help us do it r ight. Take jus t a minute th is week t o send us a no t..e (post– card will do) listing your sta ff and their addresses. Send t o OIB PO Box 293058. Kettering O~~ 45429 Ohio Independent Baptist is a pu hli cu tion o f the ()h io As~oc iatio n of Regu lar tiapti s t C hurc ht·s Editor State l{cprc~c n lali VI.'. I .irry l·cttcr Managing Editor l .inda 'fh nn1 a" Proofreader [)cborah Tl i -;:-.c It Tech11ical Assistance l{cg.1~Lcr ( ir.iphiL' , l{.indo lph . N c\v \ 'ork J>I c ,l',c d 1 rCL' I ,ii I cu1n t1H.· n 1-.. . l'Prrt·-.. pl1 11dc1l\:l' , and 11c\v, IP Ohio lndepe11denl Ba pti s t P.<) . Bux ~lJ \(}')8 Kc11t·11ng , < >l ( ~I"·' 2l) .. ') l , 2<J~l 0 29 \ ' I ht• <>IH 1, puhl1 , lll·d h1 n H1111h l\ 1 l·h/ \1.u \ t.1~/ Ju11l' 1111\ /1\11~ . '- 11\ I ) l'l .ind 11111111hl\ l.111 , \pt ' ·n:pl ( h l t u t i, I l )l'I l u 1c 1\!lll lh r \l',1r h\ lhl· < llll \l , \ ,\\ ll.1 ,1t1l111 ,,1 Rl·~u t.11 l\ .,pt1,1 ( hllt l h l,, \21 1 ,1, t l>t l\l l>.1\llll\ ()(I l 'l l l•)