The Ohio Independent Baptist, Fall 1995

For sale: Peavey 6 channel 150 w. mixer/ amp. like new. Asking $325. Offered by Bible Baptist Church, North Madison. Call Herb Johnson at 216-428-9130. Robert Bolds Robert Bolds was ordai ned to the Gospel ministry by Faith Baptist on May 2 I, after successfull y defending hi s doctrinal position before an ordinati on counci l of Wes t Moriah (Columbus area) pastors. Bolds was commended for his outstanding knowledge and grac ious spirit. Bolds attended Cedarville Coll ege and graduated from The Ohio State Universi ty and Bapti st Bible Seminary . Pri or to his call to the minis try he served hi s home church of Faith Bapti st as chai rman of the deacons, Sunday school superintendent and teacher, VBS teacher and seni or high youth director. He is presently res iding in Mount Vernon with his wife, Robin, and ,s seeking a youth pastorate. He may be reached at 614-397-4750 or 614-397-4502. On August 20, Vermillion Ba ptist celebrated its I25 th anni versary. Dr. Mark Jackson was th e gues t speaker and Rev. Lynn Rogers the gues t so loist for thi s special occasion. Pastor Albert Yost reports that the people had been praying for 125 to attend, and 200, 111Llud1ng a former pastor and a m1ss1011 - ,11 y LOuple, ga thered for the morn111g and afternoon services Abou t 175 members and frrends enJoyed a time of fellowship around the luncheon provided by the d1urLh Recogn11ed 111 the mornmg scn1ce we1e rela11ves of charter mem– bers m1ss1onarres, former pastors, those sa ed bapt11ed or marned Ill the church, the guest v- ho came the farthest, as well as the oldest members All re101ced 111 hearrng aga111 the impact the church had on so many and that one received hr 1st on the an111versar) Sunday Sandusky teens prepared for missions trip. A group of 16 teens from Calva ry Baptist, accompanied by 5 sponsors and Pastor Greg Davies, parti ci– pated in a mi ss ions trip to El Paso, Texas, and Mex ico from June 17-24 . The group first worked with Bearing Prec ious Seed Internati onal, a missi on supported by Calvary Baptist. Tbe teens, along with other groups from Illinois, Mi chi gan and Kentucky organi zed and packaged Spani sh Gospels of John and Romans to be distributed in Mex ico. After rece ivi ng visas, the group went 300 miles into Mexico. During their four day s in Mex ico they held meetings which included puppet ski ts, instrumen– tal and voca l mu sic and an evangeli stic presentati on. Thousands of Spanish tracts were handed out and more th an 300 people were saved. David Hixson is se ni or pastor at Calvary Bapti st. Ron Mundy has accep ted th e pos iti on of mini stry of music at Emmanuel Baptist. Ron is a gradu ate of Bapti st Bible College , larh Summit , Pennsy lva ni a. Ron and hi s wife, Mary , have three children. Don Burdick, bu smess adm1n1 strat or, has acce pted a position as vice president of operati ons at Shepherds Home 111 Union rove, W1 scons111 . Don was bus111ess adm1111 strator at Emmanue l for five years. Ed Full er 1s sen ior pastor at Emmanue l continued, page 7 OIB news deadline Winter issue January 5 Answering Their Questions Has Never Been This Exciting! IHave aOuesrion AlxJutOcxl °':Jne for Oiddr,·~· Theu Parenc::,_1 To receive more information on this exci ting NEW book fromRBP, call 1-800-727-4440 lhegular Baptist P,-ess Ohio Independent Baptis t is a publication of the O hio Association of Regular Baptist Churches Ed itor State Rcpresclllativc Larry Feller Managin g Editor Linda Thomas Proofreader Deho rah 131ssc11 Technical Assistance Rcg1s1c1 G1aph1cs Randolph , New Yo,~ Pl ca,c d11ec1 all commcnrs. com.:,pondcncc, and llC\\, 10 Ohio Independent Baptist PO Ho\ 291058 Kc11cnng, 0 11 4 '\.Q9 '\ 11 294 029 l "' O> 0 (") (") N (.) "' The 0111 II~\ 0717 07o]l ,, puhl1'hl°ll quJ1 Jell> 111 l·d11 u,u \ t-1J1 \ugu,1 .111d (l\CIIIOl'I to, $·1 ($H IOll'lgn) (>t'I \l",11 h1 Ilw Oluu A"ou.111<>11 nl Rcgut ,u ll,1p1"1 l h111d,c, 117 h1,1 ll11,c ll.111,,11 llll 11-ll<J