The Ohio Independent Baptist, Winter 1996

HATS OFF to Baptist Bible ---~ - Se,rHna,y of Pennsylvania for o ff1c1a l state approval for the schools Doctor o f M1n1stry progran1 Across the State Pastor David Kisner \\'a hington Height 13apti t ha~ called Da, 1J l. Ki sner n se ni or pa:tor. Ki ·ncr received a 8 . . fron1 CcJar, 1 I le Col legc and an 1. . and M.Di v. frorn Trtntly E,angel1cal Div inity .'Lhnnl. \\'hilc at Cedar\ ille Collcoc he e ,er, l'd .1, .. 1,...,1s1ant direc tor or Chri ' ll an ,er, I LC In I9 : he assun1cd the pastor– .tic .11 \ \ \: :-. l rnon t Bapll st Chu re h In \\ 'c, lln l>nl. ll lino1 . and :crvcJ there unti I J,,u1111ng the \\' a~h1n~lon Height, ~ ~ ~ r.t tllr.tlc fchru.lr } I I f).l\ (' ,tnJ hi\ WI fc. \.\,'cnJy, hi.l\ C t WO LhtlJrcn ..\111\ and athan . Dr . \\,' 1ll1an1 Fu ·co wa~ guest ~reaker at Faith Bapti t ' ~ Harvc~t Celebration oven1ber 19-' I chcdulcd an nual!), Faith 's ..h"lr\'CSl JllCC ll n ~ .. ~ encou rage the church and \.,11111n un1t\ to cclchratc Thank~oivi na ., e O' 111 tl'.1J ur Jun1p1ng rro1n Hall oween to Ch r1 ,1111J, . I he CcJ.1r\ Ille College L1fcltnc .... Pl.1:cr, 1111111,tcrcJ .Jl Faith B:1pt1st on J.1nu.11, 11-14 On aturdaycvenino the • b' grPur ot c1gh1 u,c<l Jran1atic ,ketches .1nd ran 101111 n1c, to chal le ngc tho~c f)h.. 'l nt tu c,.1n11nc their "'' itncs~ for the l., 1 1d . 1nLC their fncu \\iJ\ on \Oulh. J ll'L 11'> I I Ulll C,r..icc 8Jpt1,t or L1 Illa. c·.i1, ,II: 13 .1rt1, t or Bcllefonta1nc anu Rill') c·,ccJ.. o l Blulfton \\CrC ln\tlcd . On Sund.1\ 1norn1n~ the L1fcl1ne . .... Pl.1\ c1" u,cJ J, .1n1dl 1c . J..ctchc\ lo focus on the 1n1rortan(c ol godl 1 l.1111!1 1 \.dUl'- [)cnn1, Bui n, '" pt1'.')tor at Faith 8.ipl 1,l. M1ss1onary pastor Ji,n Ruck "'' rite~. "Prai c: fro,n Emmanuel Bapti t ! We now ha c about 37 ,000 of the needed 40,000 for our down payment. That i our Glory goa l! Gl o-ory ! Many churchc · arc re. ponding to our need Ii · t for the empty building and arc holding on to itcn1 fo r us. Our needs range fron1 a baby grand piano to paper good . Recent! y, in preparation fo r our outreach to children, ,vc had a gue t . peakcr · our AWANA and Ol ympian 111 issionarie. . W c were al o recenll y ble ·cd by the Chamber fami ly, who are return ing lo Zambi a under BMM.'' November 17 wa the date for Struthers Baptist Tabernacle ' Harve ' t Dinner, at which Je ff and Joy Grande rnin1 ·tered. The Grandes are pl anning to go to Togo a · n1edical mi · ion– ari cs. On the evening of December 17, lruther · Bap ti t Tabernacle wa ble ·.. ed by the 111u ic and me . age o f Rev. Doug WiL on and hi s wife . Foll owing the morning wor hip on Dece1T1ber 24, the congregation shared in the 60th wedding anniver ary ce lebrati on of one of the faithful coup le. in the church. Their children, grandchi ldren and two great– grandchildren attended the erv ice and prepared I unch for al I in attendance. The church i · ' eeking God 's choice for a new pas tor, as former pa tor Bill Steven began a new mini ·try a fi eld rcprc enta– ti ve for Shepherds. Calvary Bapti t welcomed it · new pa ·tor, Earl Deugan, on January I . Earl is a graduate o f :Faith Bapti t Bible College and Bapti t Bible Senfinary. He formerl y ·ervcd a an as~ociate pa · tor in Hor ehead ·, New York . Serving Ohi o State Representative Larry Fetzer 884 Knebwort11 Ct Westerville, OH 43081 61 4-523-3666 Em1nanuel Bapti t hosted an October n11ss1ons confercncc using the theme "Ulie fuI to the Ma Ler." Dr. Paul Jack, on, of vangelica l Bapti l Mi ss ions. was featured ~pcaker, and Mrs. Paul Jackson and Mr. . Earl haffer participated in the ladies breakfast. The foll owing mi ss ionaric were involved in the c?nfercnce: Jim Rickard , tewardship Service ; Duane Earl y, The Ukraine (ABWE): George Coll in . G. A.P. (ABWE); and Fred Whitman , Ital y (BMM). The conference project wa to rai e $6,000 for the Jaipur Foot Limb Center in Banglade ·h. The offerings exceeded that amount by over 2.500 . Ed Fuller i · eni or pa tor at Emmanu el. In December. Bethel Baptist presented it · 4th annual dinner theater ,vi th a drama call ed .. hadow of Doubt - Fire of Hope. ·· Twenty-one peop le made a dcci ·ion for Chri t. In Janu ary they held a propheti c confe rence with Dr. Paul Tan, one of A ia ' s ~rcate ·t <;;;; Christian theolog ians. Gary Nave is pa tor at Bethel Bapti t. Grace Baptist' A si tanl Pastor Gary Coiro was examined for ordinati on by a council of local pa. tor on December 2. and ordained by the church December 3. Pa tors Murray Murdoch, Darryl Farney of Elyria and State Represcntat ive Larry Fetze r took part in the ordinati on ervice. Grace Bapti t celebrated the burning of their ,nortgagc and their debt-free . tatu · at a New Year ' Eve crvice. Later in January the chu rch welcomed Matthew Frey a , youth pa tor. Matt and hi wife. Jolynn . and two children formerl y ·erved in Hermitage, Penn ·ylvania.