The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1994

HATS OFF to Remnan t Ministries (formerly Cleveland Hebrew Mission) 1n completion of 90 years of service. Remnant Ministries is the third oldest Jewish mission in North America A foundation has approved Baptists Fo r Life as a charitable organization for matching funds. BFL has the opportunity in the nex t three years to match a $50,000 donation twice each year. Pray that they can find donors interested in this program. Across the State Gary and W endy Collins ··w e here at Rochester Baptist prai , e U1e Lord for tile great U1ing Ile i doing,' ' write Pastor Jan ... chacdcl. " In October our newly refurbi hed ba ~cment wa dedicated to lhe LorJ . Frorn Oct 22-26 Evange li t/I llu ioni t Gary ollin and hi .. wife, Wendy, were wilh u for a week of n1ceting . Gary· ' Illu i n of Gran– deur· were entertaining and hi me age \.vcre bolll evangeli tic and edifying. Three people accepted Cl1ri ·ta Savior." Emmanuel Baptist ho ted its 1994 n1 i ion conference October 16-1 9, with Dr. and Mr . Car ·on r remont, Li a Mc lure, the Eugen Oana , lhe Evandro Bati ta , Mari lee O lrander, U1e l3ob Lat11ru11 , UJe Dan Mu tain and Pa tor Georgi Vin participating. Highlights of l11e conference included an outreach dinner for lhe deaf n1ini try, children· progran1 for age 4 year U1rough ixU1 grade, and the hipment of 10 ton of food to Ru ~ ia under the au pice of Ru ian Go pel Mini tries and Georgi Vin . Edward Fuller i cnior pa tor at En1n1anuel. Evangeli t Nom1 harbaugh, of Clcnnont, Indiana, brought a erie of evangeli tic/revival meeting al Vermillion Baptist October 2-5. harbaugh was a high chool Bible teacher and col lege basketball coach before becoming an evangelist. Albert Yo t is pastor at Vem1illion Bapti t. 4 The 1994 mi ion conference of Calvary Bapti t took place October 2-7. Harry Ar11bacher wa the keynote peaker. In addition, Rocky Mason, appointee with Mission Avialion Fellow hip; the Wilsons, appointee Lo Ru ia; Scoll and Jane Ilrooker, appointees with Athletes in Action; Tom and Kari Zentz, appointee lo Japan; the Oana , appointees to Romania; and Bill and Cindy McVey, appointee with Re1nnant Ministries, participated. Ron I-laute is pa tor at Calvary. Drew Baker of Emmanuel Bapti t, Dayton, clerk of council , wrj tes, "Washington Heights Baptist cal led an ordination council for As i tant Pa tor Andrew Gelatt for Thur cL:1y, November 4 . Pastor Gelatt and bis wife, Mandy, began with their te timonie and bi call to the n1in i lry. Moderator Jin1 Vogel, pas tor of Soull1gale Bapti t, Springfield, gave in rruction concerning t11e proce of que tioning the candidate . Fourteen pa tor ,u1d n1i ionarie 1nade up the council. After lbe questioning and di cu sion, Pas tor David Gral1arn of Grace 13aptist, Cedarville, 111ade a motion for the council ' tllat we lhe council enUJu ias tically reco11unend that Washington Ileights ordain Andrew Gelatt. ' The motion pas ed unanimously. The council con1n1ended Pastor Gelatt for hi biblical responses and for the n1aturily and humility he demon trated during U1e que tioning. The ladies of Washington lieighL provided a wonder– ful 1neal for U1e council and other ob ervcrs. TI1e church n1et to ordain Gelatt on Sunday, November 20. " Dan Gelatt is senior pastor at Washington Height . · Under lhe leadership of Pastor Robert Riedy, Calvary Baptist bas formed a VISION 2000 committee to lead them into the next five years. The committee will deter- mine the church's main goals and action plans to carry out these goals. Leader hip from the deacons, trustees, AWANA, children's church, youth department, Sunday chool, ladies circle, missions committee and representatives from the congregation at large are part of the VISION 2000 committee. Says Pastor Riedy, "We have just seen God help us accon1plish a long-cherished dream of relocation. It i in1port.ant tJ1at, with direc tion, we continue to move ahead. ' On September 18, Pleasant Hill Baptist recognized its nine– teenth anniversary. Some of the people wbo enjoyed the day were people who were members when it wa a Mennonjte church. The 1noming service was fol– lowed by a tail gate carry-in dinner. The congregation began meeting in a new anctuary on Ea ler Sunday of this year. Stephen 01 en i pa tor at Smithville. North Royalton Baptist i pleased to announce that Dr. Glen Crabb has accepted the po ition of senior pa tor. Dr. Crabb and bi wife, Beverly, began their new mini lry on October 1. Dr. Crabb i a 1957 graduate of "faylor University witl1 a B.A. in Busine s Admin– i tralion, a 1960 graduate of Grace Theo– logical Se111inary with a Master of Divinity in Theology, and a 1981 graduate of the California Graduate School of Theology with a D. Min. in Church Administration. Before con1ing to North Royalton, he previously pa tored churches in Indiana, Illinois, New Jer ey and Ohio, as well as being teacJ1er and director of Pastoral Mini lrie at Bapti t Bible College and Sen1inary in Clarks Summit, Penn ylvania.