The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1994

11 ,\ 1S ( >1.-1 l{\ ntt1ngh.un B aptt\l ( ' hUl\.' h ' ' r c,ll' hl'f 1.l f the C,lr, t r~ . 11nbh1 11 .,~ ntt' . t r, 11. , n,c ,~ ~u pcr1nlcndcnt \\f the hcg1nncr dcp.,rllncnl ,lt \\lt tn~ha1n . Price Reduced: 8-cbanncl mixiog board . Excellent conditio n. $500. C'all l lc rb Johnson @> 2 16-428-9 130. ()ffcrcd by I3iblc J3apli sl Church, Madi son, Ohio. .. Across the State Pastor Richard Seefried Abbe Road llaptis t held a reception for its new ... cnior pa tor , Rev . Richard Seefried, and hi famil y on January 23. ·r om Pycraf l , chai nnan o f l11e pulpit C()n1111ittcc, prc:entcd Lhe , cc f ri ds \.Vil11 gift certifi cate for ..... f!r()Ceri c. a. a token () f Lhe church · l<)vc. - Abbe Road had been nearly two year \vitll<.)ut a . cni ()r pa tor before .. eefried ~u11c. I le had prev i u l y erved a pa tor ()f Cal vary Bapti .. t in re aptown, ~1ary land, f<)r 15 1/2 year . f-le i a graduate o f Bapti · t Bible ollege, lark .. u1nn1it, Penn. y l vania. Ile and hi wife, Nancy, have i x children and re. ide in Grafton, ()h io . Abbe l~oad ce lebrated its 30th anni ver– .. ary on \.. unday, February 13, by r cn cc t– ing on it~ history of God ' ble, ing over t11e year:. TI1e church began a. a 111 i ·i on work o f t11c r :-ir · t 11aptL t Church of El yria under the upcrv i , ion o f tl1e Fe ll ow hip f I3apl.i ts fo r IIon1e Mi · ·ions. Faith Baptist orcL'lined Jan1e. Baughman to Lhe Go pel min i. try fo llowing an ordinati<) n counc il in Janu~lfy. A C()uncil <)f 13 me scngcr · a.. err1b l ed to ex,m1i nc I3aughman, and r: ait11 ' · ~ pa tor . Carl lnon1a on, crvcd as mc)derator; Pastor K en V ,ln Loon served a~ cle rk. llic cc)unc il con1n1endcd Baughn1an f or hi. excellent preparati on. Jim, a graduate of Faith Bapti . t Bible College, 1s the on o f Bapti t Mid- tvti .. ic>n5 n1L . 1onarie, John and Jean Baughman, who are .. erving in Died oe, Kentuck y I le and hi wife, E laine, and on, Jo~hua, re ide in Vru1 Wert, where Jin1 ha~ been en ' ing an inten1 hip. 4 On February 27 Lhe Struthers Baptist Tabernacle held an in taJlation ervi ce for Pa tor William L. Leven, who ha been their pas tor ince the beginning of thi year. Rev . Larry Fetzer, talc repre entative, Rev. Brad Burrell , pa Lor of First Bapti t of Strother and Rev. Jame Lynn, pa tor of Mayfield Height Bapti t poke at the 3:00 p .1n . er vi ce. Following the ervice Lhe congregation celebrated Pa tor teven • birthday and pre ented him with a new Bible. Chaplain, LTC K en Van L oon ha been named to erve a the Con1mand Chaplain f or the Great Lake Reg ion of C ivil Air Patrol . Van Loon i the mi i onary pa tor of Emmanuel Baptist, a church planting and develop– ment mini try of Bapti t Mid-Mi i on . He i a 1975 graduate of Cedarvil le College and erved in Ohio a a i tant pa tor of Calvary Bapti t, Lanca ter , prior to hi commi ioning to rr1i ion– ary er vi ce wiili Bapti t Mid-Missi on . Yan L oon· invol vemcnt in the Ci vii Air Patrol ha earned him award and ribbon related to hi . ervi ce. He i a pilot and ha earned tl1e rating a a mi ion ob er ver for carch and re cue acti v i tie . First Baptist i in the mid t o f a Sunday cbool Ol ympic attendance campaign with the theme, " Pre ing On T oward The GoaJ .» The church has et a goal and peciaJ empha i for each unday, with the final goal being 200 in unday chool on April 3. A ccording to Pastor Dwjght Lehman, the car11paign i going very well. He no te that hi young married couple etas ha more than doubled in attendance. The church i s planning pecial meetings with Rev. Howard Len1an March 20-25. Linda Coffman, church and choir pianist, and her court On February 12, Calvar·y Baptist held i ts annual Love Banquet. Pastor Gu Guthrie crowned the queen and announced her court. The following Sunday Queen Linda reigned in the m orning service. Each Sunday school cl as presented her with a gift of appreciation for her faithfulne throughout the year , and a program was pre ented by the Dan Wbi ner family. M id view Bapt ist ho ted a Chri tma Eve concert with the Doug Wil on family of Akron . In January ABWE mi i onary Tom Zentz pre enLed lhe challenge of mi ion to Japan. February brought the annual weel11eart Banquet wit11 Lynn Roger in concert and Dr. Jim Lytle pre enting bi call to Durban, South Afric~ to direct a Bible college and work in church planting . A l o in February Midv iew concluded Lhe purcha e of ten acre o f land adjoining the pre ent property f or expan i on. Dr. E ldon Steven note that, " By God 's grace it i paid in full! ' On February 13, Fir st Baptist participated in the Can ton Area GARBC pulpit exchange . Pa tor K en Pugh poke at Mil l er burg Bapti l and First Bapti t of Ritunar1 .