The Ohio Independent Baptist, November/December 1993

2 I Al )ll ·S l)<)n't fo rget to save y ur qu.,rt 'r!\ fo r th -- ()WMlJ pr )je t: $5 ,500 to pub li sh 7 , tud gui de and l ,000 f r a Used Hymnals Available tape du pli~a ting ~ achin~ ~ r )3M~' ·111colngic,, l Ins truc t1on/M1n1, try Enri chment program . Formerly used in Cedarville College Chapel Contact: Twelve Baskets Ministries, Inc. PO Box 372, Cedarville, OH 45314 513-766-2137 Church Pew Padding • Add Con1fort and Beauty to O ld Pe\vs • On-Site Install at io n • 15 Year Gua ran tee • Stays in Place ... \'\'ill l\"ot Slip or Sl ide like a Loose Cushion • ~ ea rl y 50 Colors of Fabric Call 1-800-232-1822 The American Pew Padding Co. 676 E. Sixth Ave . Lancaster , Ohio 43130 RUPP AGENCY, INC. .5pec ia/izing in churc~z property & liabi/irv insurance, wzth over 1.300 churches insured statewide • C hurch • Life • Auto • Hea lth • Home • Disability • Bu iness • Annuities 1357 We st Lane Ave nue Columbus, OH 4322 1 Call to ll -free : l -800-282-9258 o r 6 l 4-486-5911 Co ntac t B e n Rupp First Baptist Christian School FACULTY NEEDED Part-Time Spanish Teacher For mo re info rma tion and applica tion . e nd re~ume to Ra lph C . Duf fy , Admini strator 11400 LaGrange Rd.. PO Box 929 Elyria. OJI 44036 216-458-5 185 Serving Ohio State Representative Larry Fetzer 884 Knebworth Ct. Westerville, OH 43081 614-523-3666 • HaVIng an Impact on Ohio Larry Fetzer State Representative At the recognition service fo r Slwwnee Hills Baptist Church, the newly planted daughter church of Temple Baptist in Portsmouth, I was asked to bring the charge to the Asso– ciation. This column is taken f rom those remarks. My key words are drawn from the moulh of the Lord Jesus: "Go and do thou likewise" (Luke 10:37) . These are the final words of Jesus' famou parable of the Good Samaritan. A traveler on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho was accosted by robbers, stripped of bis clothes, beaten and left half-dead. First the priest came by, then the Levite. They were unconcerned and uncaring, desiring to~ uni~vol~ed. Tuey made a point of 1gnonng ~1~ and went on their way unmoved, m1ss1ng a perfect opportunity to belp a dying man . But then the Samaritan came by. He saw the man lying there in a pool of blood and had compassion for bim. He had it in his power to help, so be ~ook lhe initiati ve. The Samantan earned the traveler to the life- aving s tation at the inn . He aved the man , life. . Jesu asked, "Which of the three 1s a true neighbor?" The answer: "He tbat showed mercy unto him." Jesus then said, "Go and do thou likewise." We are surrounded by people who are dying, beaten down by in, robbed of their decency and punty. No one to help them~no one really cares. No one reaching out the he lping band to those lo t in in . It would be criminal for a physician to walk by a wounded, bleeding_, ~ying man and not help him . So, too, 1 1t by Pastor Gus Guthrie Church Planting Task Team At the very outset of our Church Planting Task Team's efforts, prayer was recognized as essential for the success of our efforts . Each church was asked for two prayer warriors to raise up concentrated, specific, fervent prayer as requests were made known to th~m. We now have on line 97 prayer warriors. In our church planting efforts, the need for praying men and women to bold on with a restless desire to see churches planted is of utmost im~r-. tance. I believe the success of receiving an wers to prayer is banging on with a fervent, bumble, strenuous, urgent attitude as the request is brought before the Lord . We call those who have " committed themselves to pray, prayer warriors " because Satan makes war , . against the praying sai~t dai~y, ~y1ng to prevent this close relat1onsh1p with God. Your prayers are needed on behalf of the Church Planting Task Team. Pray that each evangelistic effort undertaken will be for His honor and glory. Pray as Jesus prayed- alone, in the dru:kness, in the desert, everywhere . Pray without ceasing. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much' (Jame 5: 16b) . criminal for u to overlook vast areas of our tate filled with los t, dying people beaten down by in, and do nothing to help. Thank God for Temple Baptist Church, who saw the nee.ct and tbe opportunity and stepped 1n. to hel~. They have established a life-saving stauon called Shawnee Hills Bapti t Church. "Go and do thou likewise." F~