The Ohio Independent Baptist, Fall 1995

HATS OFF to Calvary Baptist Church of Broadview Heights (Cleveland), who celebrated their 1OOth anniversary on October 291 Pastor Eric Mounts Southgate Baptist welcomed its new senior pastor. Eric Mount s. on October Eric return to outhgatc from six year as enior pastor in Grand Ledge, ichigan. While a Dalla~ Thcologi~al Scmi;ary student, Enc ~ened two pastoral internships at outhgatc and after graduation was direct~r of cducati o,{aJ minis tries at the ·hurch . Enc and hi s wife . Andi. have th ree children. Pas tor and Mrs. Fred Robb celebrated two anniversaries in August. August 16 marked their 23 rd year of ministry at Calvary Baptist, and Augus t 27 was their 47 th wedding ann iversary. On the e, c of the 27th. foll owing the evening service wi th Rev. Jeff Minniear, miss ion– an ,v1th Continental Baptist Missions, th~ congregation wa in vited to the parsona~ge for cake and fe ll ows hip . In eptcmber th e church sponsored a ,,eek. of c,angclisti c meetings with the Lars We sberg fa mil y. Vi enna Baptist Church enro lled approximately 90 for VBS for boys and girls age 4 through 6th grade with Pastor Frank Odor directing. Teen week for grades 7 and up fo ll owed, v.1th 4 ~ enrolled . Vienna Baptist member Brll Pl oskodniak directed the week's act,, 111es. Fourteen deci ions for Christ v.ere recorded . 4 Pastor Mike and Cheri Eiras, Bradley and Jordan Grace Baptist welcomed its senior pa tor, Mike Eiras, and hi s famil y with an install ati on service on Jul y 30. Pas tor Eiras is a 1984 graduate of Tennessee Temple Uni versity with a B. A. in Bible, and received hi s Masters Degree in Church Educati on from Gra nd Rapids Baptist Theo log ica l Semi – nary in 1988 . He is currentl y working on hi s Doctor of Ministry degree at Trinity Evangeli ca l Divinity Schoo l. Mike began hi s pas toral mini stry I I years ago. For the pa t 5 I/2 years he served as assoc iate pastor of evangeli sm and disci pl eship at Southgate Baptist Church in Springfield. He and hi s wi fe , Cheri , have two sons. Pastor Ned and Vickie Reish On May 22, ed J. Reish began hi s ministry as associate pastor at Grace Baptist. He graduated from orth– west Baptist Semjnary, Tacoma, and Devry Institute of Technology, Columbus. In 1990 he was hired by Bethesda Baptist of Brownsburg, Indiana, to start a new Baptist church on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Geist Community Baptist Church was born and became self-supporting on it$ two-year anni versary. Pastor Reish remains a faculty member of the Montana Wilderness School of the Bible, Augusta, Montana, where he teaches each summer. Reish and his wife, Vickje, have four children. Max McCullough is senior pastor at Grace Baptist. Serving Ohio State Representative Larry Fetzer 884 Knebworth Ct. Westerville, OH 43081 614-523-3666 /The fo llowing article was submitted by DeElda Payton shortly befo re the Lord called him home on November JO. See page 3. J The Twins Days Fes ti val in Twinsburg, where DeElda and Nancy Pay ton and Dick and Linda Grover of ABWE-North Ameri ca serve in a recovery work , is held every August. This year it attracted over 2,700 ets of twins. Pastor Pay ton writes, "It was 'double take' wherever one looked! For the pas t two years First Baptist has in vited preacher-twins Carl and Kenneth Elgena as special speakers fo r the event , and thi s year the twins also represented the church in the parade, winning firs t pl ace in the Class ic Car di vision. Saturd ay was a bi g day fo r Fi rst Baptist as the church facilities are located directly bes ide the Festi val's center of acti vities. The few ( 16) but determined members mobili zed to open the church parking lot and lawn for free parking, and thi s year over 425 Christian literature packets were di stributed th roughout the day. A free lemonade/ iced tea/iced water stand was managed by the ladi es of the church. On Sunday, 15 sets of l wins helped make up part of the 115 attendance at First Baptist to hear the El ge na twin s tag-team preach." Pleasant Hill Baptist celebrated its 20th anni versary during a weekend of acti vities in volving "Mu ic, Memori es and Mini stering the Word ." On Saturday, September 16, "20 Years, The Birth ofa Vi sion," began with a pi zza fe llowship and was fo ll owed by a praise service which incl uded music, a video prese nt a– ti on and an "I Remember When" from pas t and present members. Sunday morning Pastor Stephen Olsen spoke, after whi ch everyone met together fo r dinner. The celebrati on concluded Sunday aft ernoon, with Youth Pas tor Brian Hanson speaking.