The Ohio Independent Baptist, May/June 1993

, PUT IT IN YOUR DATE BOOK NOW! 1993 OARBC Annual Conference October 18-20, Northfield Baptist (southeast of Cleveland) Main speaker: Dr. Warren Wier be Bottom: Wilbur Parrish, Dwight Scheetz, Wallace Larson Top: Kenneth Spink, Powers Payton, George Pease Pastor Wilbur Parrish reported on the eighth annual Bible conference he ld by Berea Baptist, Berea; Fir t Baptis4 Parma; . F~st Baptist, Strongsville; FtrSt Bapust, Brunswick; and Beebetown Baptist, Brunswick, March 7-10. Rev . Powers Payton of Grandville Michigan, was the speaker. He preached on the theme, "Pulled From the Fire: ..~e Coming Deadline." Special mus1c1ans were Dwight Scheetz, of Bellevil le, Michigan, as "Patch the Pirate," and Doug Wilson, of Akron . The c~ildren attended a special program eac~ n1g~4 and on Tuesday n1oming, the ladies enJoyed music, crafts and missionary speaker Cathy Bristol. Miss Bristol is a nurse, serving with BMM in Liberia. She spoke on, "The Trauma of Missions in Civil War." The pas tors of the cooperating churches encourage other churches to hold similar joint meetings where it i geographical ly possible. All of the churches mutual ly profited. On March 25, Bradley S. Brandt, pastor of Wheelersburg Baptist, was examined for ordi na- . lion to tl1e gospe l min is try . 1 he ordination service was l1e ld on Sunday evening, March 28. DrandL, a graduate of Cedarville ollege and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary, has pastored at Wl1eelersburg for five year~. Brandt 's former pastor and n1ent<>r Oavid Dernlan, of We~t Liberty, ()h10, ~poke at the ord1nat.Jon service. Pastor Brandt and his wife, Sherry, have two daughters, Julie and Katie. First Baptist dedicated its new access entrance and elevator on March 14. The building previou ly had ix entrances, all of which involved teps to both tl1e wor hip and educational areas . The new 18 x 23 foot addition provide access to the building on three level , and will make al l church fac ilities accessible to those with physical di abi lities. Former pastor John Dantuma brought the dedication message at the afternoon service. Hi wife, Kay, provided pecial music for the occasion. Richard Mcintosh is pastor at First Baptist. Dan Friesner, mini trie coordinator at Emmanuel Baptist, reports that HAct 29, The World At Our Door tep" was the theme . . for the month- long March m1 s1ons conference. Tl1ey dramatized the work of the church in this century by "writing" an additional chapter for ll1e book of Acts. A part of a drama, Peter app~ared fron1 inside a huge Bible, having waited there 2,000 year . Every service in March wa targeted for missions emphasis, with the final Sunday-Wednesday a concentrated missions emphasis. Special events included the church family praying around-the-clock in 15- minutc eg1nents for mi ionarie , an adopt-a-mi sionary progran1, and the distribution of a pictorial n1issionary album. Westside Baptist Christian School • K-8 sel f-contained; 170 students • A-Beka curriculum • Sponsored by 5 GARBC churches Seeks a grade 7 teacher and elementary teacher Send resume to Robert Sparks 9407 Madison Ave Cleveland, OH 44, 02 - OIB news deadline for July I August issue June 14 Last Chance!! To Be Included In The 1993 OARBC Di rectory of Churches. You've asked for a new di rectory...now please help us do it right. Take just a minute this week to send us a note (a postca rd will do) listing your st aff, addresses, and times of services. Send to OIB PO Box 293058, Kettering OH 45429 Ohio Independent Baptist is a publication of the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist C hurches Editor State Re pre e ntati ve l.arry 1:etzer Managing Editor Linda Thomas Proofreader Deborah Bi e tt Technical Assistance Regis ter Graphics Randolph, New York Please uirec t all conunenls. corresponde nce, anu news co Ohio Independe nt Baptist P.O. l3ox 293058 Ke tter ing, ()I I 454 29 51 3-294 -0291 ' fht' <>IH 1-' publl sht'd b1 nH.>nthl y l ·t:h/ ~1 ar, May/Junl' , July/Aug. ,.lv/ l )l'l' anJ n,onthl> J,1n, A pr , St:pl , O(; t , foa $4 ($8 t o1e1gn) pt>r yt"ar h\ the <>tuo A~!. tx.1at1on of Rt:gul ,tr Bapu,t · ( ' hun.ht :s, 127 l ·.asl 1)11\'t' , l)aytnn , <> II 4'\41 9