The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1994
, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member, Chaplain, Lt Col. Keo Van Loon, was named National Civil Air Patrol Chaplain of the Year. Van Loon, an 18-year churc h planting and development mi ss io nary with Baptist Mid-Miss io ns, is c urrently mini s tering as mi ss ionary pastor of Emmanuel Baptis t, Paulding, Ohio. '--~ Pastor Kenneth Spink with Don and Vivian O'Shell Vivian O' Shell began her ministry as church ecret.ary at Berea Baptist in 1961, and has erved faithfully f or 33 year . She reLired at the end of June. Vivian served under four senior pastors, Earl Willetts, Rob Gibbs, Derwin Hauser , and Kenneth Spink. A surprise dinner was held following the morning serv ice on Augu t 7, at which Vi vian was honored for her faithful service over the 33 years. A n1onetary love gift was gi ven, as well a a certifi– cate of appreciation, a handmade card signed by everyone at tl1e church, and a gold watch with engraving indicating the years she served. The theme for the speci aJ celebration was la.ken from I Thessalonians 1:3, "Remembering without ceas ing your work of faitl1 and Jabor of love." Kenneth Spink i enior pa tor al Derea Daptist. (lastor Lawrence Shells and the people at Christian lliblt! llaptis t are praising C1od for tJ1ci r n1ost producLive VliS Lo date. f ·iflcen young pec>ple acccpled ( 'hri~t as Savic>r. Alton R,,ad llapti~t ha~ n1ade tJ1c final n1ortgagc payn1enl on 1~ hu1ld1ng; tJ1e church 1s nc,w debt -tree (>a~l<>r I)on Applegate also notes l11at n1any new f,ut111tcs were c,,nwc.. ted l11ruugh V Jj ~ U1i s ~uu1n1er. First Baptist recently welcomed Gary Jacob as enior pasLor. Jacob , who formerl y served as youth paslor at Calvary Bapli l , Byesville, i a graduate of Cedarville College and Grace Theological Seminary. He and hi wife, Cindy, have two ch ildren, Amy and Steven. State Reprc entative Larry Fetzer wa the speaker at the Augu t 27 in tallation service. Brian !Ian on, youth pastor al Pleasant Hill Baptis t, write , "The teens of Pleasan t Ilill Baptist took t11eir third mi ion trip in a many year . We took even teens to Camp Manitoumi in Illinoi Lo erve as coun elor Lo the junior age group. We had the miracu– lou privilege of leading e ight camper to tl1e Lord . Becau e of these trip and the preparation invol ved, we have seen teens grow increa ingly sen itive to God' leading in tl1eir li ve . Our church end u out and we con1e back to reporl in what i alway an e1notionaJ ervicc. We thank God for Lhe opportunity to ervc Ili1n and conlinue Lo look for I-Ji leading.'' tcphen 0 1 en i senior pa Lor at Pleasant I lill 13apList. Missionary pa tor Les Newell reports that several boys and g irls were saved during Lhe closing weeks of AWANA a l Fellows hi1> lla1>tis t Church of Dublin. As well , twe> brotJ1cr. were saved during VllS and two teenagers have con1e to ( 'hri~l. ·rhc Ncwclls request prayer for new fan1tli es to replace ~cvcral who have 1novcd away. l ~<>~ing tJ1c~c fan1ili es has hurt tJ1c w<>rk financ,aJly, d,lfkcning Lhc hopes for self– ~upport OIB news deadline October issue October 18 - ---==-- .. -; - - • Teach 'Nilh ,naterial that build'> on the foun<Luon of God' Word.This ne,\·lv revi~ed <.:umculun1 1, • ea~ier to u~e. making lhe ceachmg-leJmmg process more enjoyable l \mg the KJ\ J-. thc– landard tex1. Lhe les~on, emrhJ ,1ze e\ Jngelt,111 and Bapti!lt discmcttve~ You \\ ill enn1. h , our teaching by using lhe cumculum th.I! ,, Lrue Lo Hb \X ord For a free copy of our CurricuJum <:awog call: 1-800-RBP-4440 Ii] Regular Baptist Press 1, <A .\I>.\ Elzenga Minlstries • (1191 ,~ ~ 19hh Ml0fl3 1093 Ohio Independent Baptist is a publicatio n of the Oh io Association of Regular llaptis t Churches Editor State Rcprc cnLaLivc Larry 1:cl1cr Ma11aging Editor l .inda Thomas Proofreader l)cborah 13 isscLL Technical Assis tance l{ ·gis tl! r Ciraphics }<ando lph, New '{nrk l'lca~c J1rccl .tll L"u1nn\cnt~ . COITCSJ)()!ldCrH.: e , ,\nd llC\ ~ l ll Ol1io l11depe11dent Baptist P () 13ux 2910"8 Kctlc r111 g. ()II ,.i-;4 29 1 I \ 294 02'J \ ' l'ht• ()11\ 1, puh la,hl'J ht llhllllhl} I t•h 1 \ l..u Ma\ /J unt• Jul~h\ug. :, hl\, /l)t'"- .u1d llh>nthh· J,111. 1\ pr , \cpl ,< >ti , h>1 $4 ($8 l o1c 1g11) Jl\:'f \t' .11 h\ tht' ( )h1u Al>,l><.1t1l 1u n o l Rt·gul,tr B .1p11 ,1 ( ' htttlhc, ,2 7 I .,,t 1>11 \t' , l>~t ')'hHl , <>I I 1,.11 ,>
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