The Ohio Independent Baptist, November/December 1993

11 ·rs ()1:1: ll\ f>a. tn r (:rank hi tt ( k. 1:cth,w~hip l)aptist , l o rian, for a c rcati vc a at ion . I l e u. cd lhc time to ride hi. bicycle around I akc l~ric ! NEED HELP? Baptis t Mid-Miss ions ha many reques ts to place youth groups in summer minis tries. I f you would like he lp wi th VB . canvas ing, or some o ther area of service, please contac t Dr . Robe rt Bymers, Daptis t Mid-Miss ions. P.O. Box 3080 l l , Cleve land, OJ.I 44 130-80 11 . Across the State I ~ I I a Left to right: Mark Vierck, Paul McHugh, Les Wells , Floyd Stanfi ll Faith Baptist of Wilkshire Hills celebraled their 12th anni ver ary on Septem- ber 19 with a mortgage burning and concert. Rev. Le Wells, tl1e founding pastor, joined the congregation f r the mortgage-burning celebration. Pa tor Floyd tanfill write , "1l1e church began in eptember 198 1 and ha now reached tlle poinl where tlle bui lding i fu ll. In tlle pa t twelve montll tllc people gave $26,000 to pay off the building mortgage fi ve year ahead of chedu le . Plan are being put toe.etller to bui ld a new auditorium with addi tional cla room and offi ce pace." F irst Baptist held its annual mi ionary conference October 2-6. Attendance wa excel– lent, and many stood for dedication after t11e unday n1orni ng me age by Dr. Robert Bymer , admini · tra tor for church relation , Bapti t ~1id-Mi. ion . An "Around the World" fellov.. 1 hip dinner on aturday, October 2, got the conference off to a good tart as Todd and Liana Corbin, witll Interna– tionaJ Me enger , pre ented peciaJ mu. ic and bowed lide of their mini try of taking n1i., ion team over ea . OU1er conference personnel included Everet t and Barbara Ea h, recently returned from tlle Ivory Coast and newly appoi nted to Jamaica (BMM); Earl and Marilyn Shaffer, church planter in Nortll Amenca (ABWE); and Mr. harle Mon roe, executi ve director of the Ohio Bapll, t Children' l-Iome, Springfield, Ohio. David Leman i pa~tor at Fir t Bapti t. 4 Vermillion Baptist, AJ bert Yo t., pa tor, hosted a acred concert by the "Singing Pas tor," Lynn Rogers, of Northfield Baptist, on September 19. Pastor Rogers studied music at Moody Bible Institute and sang in the Moody Chorale under the direction of Don Hou tad. At Cedarville College be became a member of the Cedarville Quartet and travelled over 8,000 miles from the Ea t Coa t to the Mississippi River in one eme ter. Grace Baptist bas announced plans to open a Maternity Resource Center in January of 1994. The center will provide material aid to expectant mothers and their children, link the women with other support agencies, make church referral , and offer spiritual counseling. Assistant Pa tor Gary Coiro notes that the center will need maternity and baby items to distribute, and suggests that women' s groups might have a baby shower for the center, or establish a collection point from which MRC per onnel can pick up item every few months. On September 10, Emmanuel Baptist hosted the Back To The Bible Quartet. "They are the be t quartet going, " said Pastor Drew Baker. The quartet, beard regularly on the Back To The Bible Broadcast over 400 plu stations in tlle United States and Canada, mini ters at Bible conferences, conventions and local churches throughout the Midwest. Their most recent endeavor is the arranging of quartet octavo mu ic. The octavos as well a their CD and tapes are pub- li bed by Spring Arbor. Emmanuel Baptist Christian School sponsored two events in October aimed at strengthening the local churches of Toledo. On October 2, Regular Baptist Press held a full -day worker 's training conference. Among the workshops presented were, Writing for Christian Publications, Promoting the Sunday School, Leadership in the Sunday School, and Techniques for Scripture Memorization. On October 15-16, Tim LaHaye held a seminar entitled, "You and Your Family ." His topics were, Why You Act the Way You Do and Wbat God Can Do About It, Why Opposites Attract, Your Own Worst Enemies, Raising Children Successfully in a Hostile World, and Recognizing the Beauty of Sexual Love. Mr. Lynn Wakefield is administrator at Emmanuel Baptist Christian School. Pas tor Brian D. Kenyon, of Calvary Baptist, was examined by an ordination council on Saturday, October 9, at Calvary Baptist. The council unanimously recommended to the church that they proceed with the ordination service, which was held on Sunday, October l 0. The charge to the candidate wa given by bis father, Pastor Dwight Kenyon of Berean Baptis t Church, New Berlin, New York. The charge to the church was given by Pastor Douglass Messeral of Calvary Bapti t Church, Meadville, Penn ylvania. Kevin Pierpont began his ministry as assis– tant pas tor with emphasis in youth at Wheelersburg Baptist on Augu t 23. A gradu– ate of Tri-State Bible College, South Point, Ohio, Kevin and bis wife, Carolyn, are parents of two boys, Kevin, Jr., and Taylor . Bradley Brandt i senior pastor at Wheeler burg.