The Ohio Independent Baptist, Winter 1995

HAT~ 0FF 1 to Ohio churches who helped collect the 1,790,000 labels ,t look .,.,......._ Shepherds to be awarded TWO vans fron1 Can1pbell's Labels for Education Prograrn One van accommoda tes 15, the other, 7 passengers Across the State Washington He ights mortgage burning Sunday. January 29, \.Vas dec lared Jl JI~ILEE ._ l JNL)J\ Y at \Vash ington Ht! igh l~. a day t(> gi ve ( 1<>d gl(>ry f<>r what I-le ha: U<)nc throughout tJ1c church·.. · 3 year hist(>ry. l)ur1ng tJ1c lll()ming ser vi ce tJ1e congrc– gatit)n celebrated tJ1c burning <.> f ll1e final n1ortgage <>n their building. After the bun1i ng <) f tJ1c 1nortgagc, tJ1e congregation t) f nearl y 700 j oined in tJ1e . 1nging <)f "To (3<)d ne The Gl<>ry ." ·rh1s .. ' undav aJ~o 111arkcd ll1e end <)f ., tJ1c r1,·c year n11ni ~try at WIIB(., of {Ja. tor and i\.1rs. Daniel Gc latt. l)r. ( ielatt Vv·ill hec<H11c presidcnt i,Ll a 1.,1. Lant v:itJ1 AI~Wf~. A reccpti <)n h<Hlorin g tJ1 e GclatL was held in the - afterll()t)n, and tl1e evening cr vicc was dedicated to paying trihute tc) tJ1e ('iclatLl f,.1r tJ1eir n1ini. trv. - 13 yrc>n and Libby .. hearer, appointee · to Ru,. ia under Evangeli– cal Bapti st ML sion, presented tJ1cir 111 ini try at \ ' ermillion llaptis t on January 29 . While in Ru. " ia, tJ-1e • he,trcr~plan to u e a , ~1r1et v of n1ctJ1od'i l<> reach - pcopl(!. including teaching Engli~h, clu11p n11ni tr1e~. : p<>rts prc>gr,u11s and per onaJ evange li ·n1 . ·rhcy will aJ o help t<> trt11n pa Lor~. i\lhcrt Yo,t 1. pasL<>r at Vem1illion Baptt t 4 Pastor Noel and Dianna Hack and children On January 8, f jrst Baptist called Noel M. 1 lack to be it full-Li1ne pa tor and W aJ Ler II. piet11 to be part-time a ociate pastor . I lack was aved, baptized and grew up at First Ilapti t, which gave hin1 licen c to preach in 1994. A 1986 Cedr1rville College graduate wiili a maj or in Bible and n1inor in Bu ine , he has worked in tJ1c bu ines ector for ll1e pa ·t 8 year._ . I le and hi wife, Dianna, are ll1e parent · of tJ1rec children. SpietJ1 was al o aved, baptized, licen. cd and ordained by Fir t Bapti t. I le ha been acting pa tor for tJ1e pa t four n1ontJ1s. Fom1erl y he pa torcd tbrce Ilapti. t churchc in Ohio and Indiana and ser ved a a n1i. sionary witJ1 Bapti l M id– Mis ion in ll1e We t Indic and Guyana, South An1erica. Your prayer · arc invited a Fir ·t Bapli st eek to reach a growing con1n1uniLy. On Noveo1bcr 20 the congregation of l\Jillers bur g Bapt ist urpri, ed Pa tor Ji1n llaye will1 a I O-year anni ver ary celebration, planning a pcciaJ ti1ne of refl ecLion on his n1 ini try, which began on Noven1ber 18, 1984. ... Pa. tor Robert Veenhuis of Lakeview l)aptisL gave a chatlcngc Lo l11e church an<.J t11ci r pas tor to conlinuc to follow tJ1e Lord . A 'Olid oak We ·unin Ler chin1e clock was pre ented to Pa · tor and Mr . Haye con1memorating their min i try . Confused about where to mail your OARBC otferings? The new address is P.0 . Box 278, W illoughby Hills, OH 44092. See th e box on page 2 fo r details. Gr ace Jlaptist ob crvcd i ts fortieth anniver ary fr<>n1 ()ctobcr through Dcccn1bcr ( 1994) with pcc ial pcakcrs, all of whon1 were formcr or present 111cn1bcrs: Mr. Jim l~ickard, director of Steward- hip cr vicc · foundation; Dr. Paul Dixon, pre idcnt of cdarville Col lege; Dr. Jame Jeren1iah, charter member of Grace; Rev . Paul Jack on, former pastor; and Dr. Phil M cDonald, ABWE adminis– trator. Under the leader l1ip of Pastor David P. Gra.hrun, tJ1e church experienced n1arked growll1 in 1994, witb 32 bapti ins and 97 new n1en1bcr added. A istant Pa tor Mickey Farlow con1pletcd hi rrr t full ycc"tr at Grace. A nun1ber of new di ciplc hip prograr11 · were initialed, including "I Ieart to I-Iear t," a wo1nen ' mini try ba cd on Titu 2:3. " An Old Fa hioned Chrisu11as," a progrru11 of n1u ic and dr[una perfonned by church 01embcr under ilie direction of Steve Brock, provided a unique community outreacl1 n1ini try Dece11ber 13- 18. F irst Baptist recentl y howed tJ1e fih11, " car That I Ieal," ll1e Dave Roever tory. Dave, a Chri Lian and preacher · kid, received car fro1n hi ervi ce in Vietnan1, uffering ll1rough tJ1e phy ical traun1a, e1notional anxiety and phy ical pain l11al wa typical of wounded veter– an . Hi life i an illu tration of God' trengll1cning grace at work under extraordinary circum tances. David Henry i pa tor at Fir t Bapti t. In tJ1e pa t ye[tr, 15 have been added Lo l.be 111crnber hip of truthe rs llaptist Ta l1ernacle. The church held a Family Fellow hip Di nncr in Febru,try, togc tJ1er witJ1 member and fri end of Iloardrnan Bapli t. The peaker wa Cyru Mad-Dono, a native of l.be Central African Republic currentl y living i n tJ1e tate . William teven i pa tor at trul.ber .