The Ohio Independent Baptist, March/April 1993

I l., 1:-- ,,1 t IP C,t ,\ l ' l ' B .,plt :- l.Wc ~lc rvillc, fn t ~.__:~~~ p,\\ llll! n t I ,\ , l <; (),()(){) :--ccnnd n1orlg,1gc ~~ ten )C,\1 :-- t',\ll y. ~ :1\i1ng. 111 .,ny thou~and!- p f the I t,rd':,. dl, llar, ·1 he ·hurch i, ., i111ing tP be debt free hy l 996. Murray fun.hx · h 1, p., , 1<,r at \J c:- tcrv illc . . Across the State Pastor David and Kim Cvetich. Jonathan and Rebekah S<•uth 1\ladison llible llaptis t wcl con1ed their new past<)r , Rev . Dav id ( vetich, and his fan1ily at a ·r11,u1k~gi v i11 2. dinner Sunday, .... .... N<)vcn1bcr 22. Pa~t<)r Cvctich recei ved hi .. B .A . from ( "cdarv il le ColJegc in 198 l , and hi .... Ma~tcr of l)i vinily degree fron1G rand Rapid. Baptist .. cn1inary in 1987. Special gue. L al the T hank ·g i ving dinner inc luded , <>u tJ1 Mad i ·o n· f om1er pasl<)r and wi fe, Rev. l1en1ic and Donnie .. 1nitJ1, whc> reti red Dcccn1 bcr 3 1, 199 J, and , cvcral guc. Ls who helped fil l tJ1e pulpit during tJ1e past year. South Madi. on w ishc. tt) ackn<>wledgc tJ1c kind people fro1n napti. t Mid-M is, ion wh<) were , t) hel pful a, we l1 . Cedar Hill llaptist i pleased to announce t11at Pastor Paul K . Jack on hw accepted t11c cal I o f U1e C<)ngrcgat ion to be il cnior ..... '- pa~ l <) r . Jack on was as. i, tant pa~tor fr<.1n1 Novcn1bcr 1986 until he becan1c acting pa~tc)r on Augu t l , 1992, \vhcn [)av id L . M t)orc conc luded hi n1ini, try of 18 year~. The install ation erv icc toc)k place on Friday, March 5, v;ith Stl1te Rcprc,·cntalivc Larry Fetzer and Past<lr Jack. <>n 's fatJ1er , Dr. Mark Jack. on, paruc1pating. Jack on i t11c 18th pa\ tor of tJ1c church ~incc it. inception in 1884 . 4 Calvary IJapti t recentl y aved over $72,000 interest by co1npleting n1ortgage payn1ent.. even years earl y, n1aking the church debt- free. T he church, organized in 1955 under Pellow hip of Bapti t for Home Mi ion , purcha ed the pre ent building in 1958, and renovated the tructure in 1984 . tate Repre entative Larry Fetzer wa pecial speaker for t11e I7ebruary 14 1nortgagc-buming erv i ce . tephen Worth i senior pa tor at Cal vary . TI1e L i feline Player of Cedarville Co11ege were featured in a drrunatic pre entation at Grand Heights Baptis t on February 28. Con1pri ed of ten young peopl e, the L ifcl ine Player drama terun has pcrforn1ed in churche , chool and carnp. t11roughout the United State . On March 7, First Baptist welco1ned David Leman as it pa tor . L eman i a graduate of Ball State Univer ity and Templ e Bapti t Theol ogical Seminary, and i pur uing a Ma tcr of Mini Lry in Chri tian Coun eling degree at BetJ1any TI1eological Sen1inary in Dothan, A labama. He and hi wife, Elaine, have two children. On Sunday, January 3 1, the church celebrated it l 37tJ1 ann iver ary . Letters were read from fonncr pa tor and n1en1bers and a .. lide pre entation howed variou phase of building and expan i on, as well as former pa tor . Included in lhe day' events was a mortgage-burning cercn1ony. In Dccen1ber 1992 the n1ortgagc on tJ1e bui ldings wa paid in fuJl, even year early . D r . Jrunes T . Jeremiah, chancellor of Cedarville ColJ cgc, m ini ·Lcrcd by bringing Lhe n1e age ' f or tJ1c pecial day. l•irst Baptist has welcomed Richard teele a pa tor . Leele, a 1979 graduate of Tcnne ce Te1nple U ni ver ity, erved the church as youtl1 pastor before being called to the pulpit mini Lry. lie and his wife, baron, have seven children. , l'? PA/IL-, ,. ~ () (.' : S' -.- r • 't "amp Patmos has a few openings f r Fumily amp the week of August 16. I nteres ted? Sec regis trar's addres o n page 7 . Pastor Tom WrightJJr.; Tim Be ll, trustee board chai rman ; Leonard McCallister, construction project supervisor; and other trustee and deacon board mem– bers all gathered on the p latform of Memorial Baptist to celebrate being "Debt Free by '93". All during 1992, J\llemorial Baptist re– ceived pecial offerings and continued n1aking regular monthly mortgage payments in an atten1pt to pay off the $37,000 balance of a $100,000 construc– tion l oan f or a 1976 education and fellowship hall addition. The church met and exceeded their goal b y $728.70, thu they not only cel ebrated being debt-free with a pecial n1ortgage-burning ceren1ony, but al o voted that nigbt to depo it the exce offering into a special bui l ding/ re1node1ing fund for tJ1e purpo e of not only " forgetting tl10 e thing which are behind" but al o, " reaching forth unto tho e thing whi cl1 are bef ore' ' (Philippians 3: 13). Pa tor Steven B . 0 1 on wa in taJJed N ovember 15 a a oci ate pa tor of the Good Shepherd's Baptist. He j o in Pa tor Earl Shaffer in er v ing the church, whi ch ha an average weekly attendance of 115. The church conducts it ervi ce at Longfellow E lementary School in Sidney. 0 1 on come to Sidney from El Pa o, Tcxa , where hi family setUed after he left active duty a a chapl ain w itJ1 t11e U nited State Anny . He erved 16 years as an Army chaplain, including a stint in audi Arabia and Kuwait during the Per iru1 Gulf War. 0 1 on i a graduate o f Cedarvil l e College and . Grace T heol og ical eminary . I-Ie and ht w ife, Junia, are parents of four children.