The Ohio Independent Baptist, March/April 1993

, Deb Searles (Camden Baptist Church) and her sister Dee have made a new vocal tape on the family ,'.'Heart~N ee~ ~ Pl ac_e to Call Home." They wi ll be sharing thetr mu 1cal m1 n1stry 1n a few Ohio churches in July and Augus t: July 18 a.m ., Calvary Bap ti st , Norwalk; July 30 p .m ., Calvary Baptist, L~nca ter ; August 1 a.m . & p.m ., Calvary B aptis t, Belle fouta1ne . Dr . Eldon Steven , pastor of Midview Baptist, writes," We were ble sed by our mi ionary confer– ence October 10- 14 , when we were privileged to have with u M r . T im Bos, serving wi th Evangelical Bapti t M i io~ , Rom~ ia, Dan M cCarthy and hi family, er v1ng with Baptist Church Planter , and Douglas Beason, general director o~ Committee On M i s ionary Evangel1 m (C.O.M .E.). . Midview has enj oyed tl1e blessing of God this past year. Our Sunday school attendance ha i ncrea ed 42 1/2 %, our morn ing ser vice 38 1/2%, evening ervice 39 1/2%, and midweek B i ble tudy and prayer ervice 75o/o. Our member hip has increa ed by 40%. On December 27 we celebrated a great v ictory with tlle final payment on our remodeling i ndebtedne . We are out of room and have two cla se meeting in the par onage. We' ve een 49 people profe Chri t a Savior thi pa t year. For al l these bl es i ng , we impl y ay, 'Thank you L ord .' " On March 7, Ma r a natha Ba ptis t wel comed Lee Fuln1cr as pastor . Ful1ncr, a graduate of M oody Dible In Litu tc and Wheaton College, comes to M aranatJ1a from Norwood Bapli t C.,hurch, Cincin– nati , where he pa Lorcd for 13 year . He and his wi fe, I l azel, have two grown sons. Shawnee Hi lls IJap t is t celebrated tJ1c complcti<>n <>f tl1ei r new l ~duca tional Annex wi LJ1 a rihh<>n - cutting ccrcn1ony <>n January 31. ·rhc 3,2()() ~quarc foot addtt1on wi 11 he used l<> serve the church'!) grc>wing Sunday ~ch<><>I, Adult 131blc I·elJ<)wsh,p and J\ W ANA pro– grarns. J>a1)l <)r l)cnnt ) I lcnder~on says the new fac1lll y wil l enable al I the church·~ n1in1\ Lrtc~ to n1cct at IJ1c Jasper J{c>ad C<)mpl ex . Cedarville College Distingu ished Professor Dr. Robert Gromacki The board of ttu tee recentl y nan1ed Dr. Robert Gron1acki Ced,lfVi lle' f irst di tingui hed profe or . Dr . Gron1ack i , profe or of Bi ble and Greek and. . chain11an of the Department of D1bltcal Education, came to Cedarville College i n 1960. I-le holds degree from Baptist l~i ble Sen1inary, Dal la Theological Seminary, and Grace Theologi cal Se1n inary. 1n addi tion to hi re pon.s~– bi litie at Cedarville, Dr . Gromack1 1 a popu lar conference peaker and interi n1 pa tor . Ile currentl y i h_elping to pl~nt Grace Comn1uni ty Bapt1 l Church, 1n Washington Court Hou e, Ohi?. 1-Ie erved on the board of the In l1tute of I Iol y Land , tudic in Jeru ale1n and.has accomp,u1 ied everal tour t I ~acl in a teaching capacit y. Dr. Gron1ack1 al so has autJ1orcd 14 book on Dible tJ1c1ncs. One hundred percent of Cedarvi lle' 1992 pren1ed grads were adn1itted to 111edicaJ chool . The S tale Board of Education (Ohio) has approved TESOL (Teaching I ~nglish as a Second L,anguage) validation f c)r C'cdarvi lle's education progrrun . Elen1en~'lfy or English education n1ajors who con1plctc the ~rl~SOI , course rcquircn1ents in add it~c>11 Lo tJ ~e.i~ , education prc)gr,un will have I l ~S()I , cndorsc1ncnt on ll1cir teaching cert ifi– cates . ·rr ~S()l., prepare~ teachers l<> teach I ~nglish to those whose prin1ary language i~ not J~ngli~h, ci tl1er in a f<>rcign ~cuing or in the l Jni tctl St~tl c~. ()vcr 7() n1 is~ionarie~ rcprc~cn t ulg 15 rnission hoitrds will take part <>n the Spring M i ssi<>nary ( 'onf ere nee M,uch 22-26 on t11c ( 'cdarvi llc ca1npu~. J.'eaturec.J ~pc,tkcr i~ l)r. ll on lllue, f<>nucr director or n tt \S i(>fl ~ at l )albL\ 'J'hculog1caJ Scn\11 \ary and current director of ( ' J\M l ntcrnauonal. OIB news deadline for May I June issue April9 Don't Be Left Out Of The 1993 OARBC Di rectory of Churches. And don't let us print old infor– mation about your church staff, either. You've asked f or a new directory...now plea se help us do it right. Take just a minute this week to send us a note (post– card will do) listing your staff and their addresses. Send to OlB PO Box 293058. Kettering OH 45429 Ohio Indep enden t Bapti st is a pu h li cation of the O hio Association of Regul a r l1aptis t C hurches Editor Stale Rcprcscn talivc !Jarry I·"t! t1.cr Managing Editor l .inJa 'f hnmas Proofreader Deborah I3 issctt Tech nical Assis t a n ce l{cgis tcr Ciraphi c~ l{andolph. Nc\v York Please dire ' l ,,II <..:<.llllllH.'nt, . c:ur rc~p(lnJcncc. ,ind Ill-"\\''> to Ohio Inde p e nde nt Ba ptist P < >. Bux 2<> 'O"X K L"ttl.· r1ng . <>II 4 "42<J .:; I \ 2<)4 029' ·1ht' <>IB 1, puhl1,ht' d ha nH11llhh I t•h/ \1.u ~1 ,1)/JUnt' , Jul) /1\ug :-.:u, /1 >l't.•111d 11\\1111hh J.111 . ;\pr , Sl' p l. ()r1, tor$ i ()!\ h l l l' l~ rt ) p, 1 \l".11 h\ lht• C)hio ,\ ,,t>c. t ,IIHlll ,,1 R,·gul.11 l \.1p11,1 ( 'hurthl·,. ~27 1.1,11)11\ ,' l>.,,1u11,<>l l 1, ,, .,