The Ohio Independent Baptist, Fall 1996

, Send all contributions and correspondence ,.... .~,,,. regarding finances to the OARBC bookkeeper. Wnte. OARBC, c/o Phil Miller 1750 Fl inthill Dr. ~ & Columbus OH 43223 Call 614-871-5723 or FAX 614-871-7229 Gr ace Ba pti t extended a call to pa tor , and me enger of other Regular Bapu t churche to fonn a council and examine their pa tor. Jeffrey D. Minniear a to ~ Lhe propriety of hi ordination to the go\pel miniStr) . The counci l met on September 21. and, after ex tensive examinauon. unanimously recon1mended to the Grace Bapttst Church that they proceed v.1th the ordination. The counc i 1 commended the candidate J or hi , thorough preparation. exce11ent grasp of biblical doctrine. personalized 1n1p)ementation of term1nolog, and h1 orac1ou\ and humble manner.The ord1na- e ti on took place on September 29. Pastor Robert Barrett "'a c lerk of the ordination counc.11. Pasto, David & Verna Dunkin On August 18. \ bbe lioad Baptist held .1 ur pr 1 ~ 50th ,, (;dd1ng .tlllll\l.'f ~u, for J>asl ()f , l)a \ id and \ t' rna (Junkin Pas to r I )unkin er, es .is pd 101 t' lll t' r llu o f Abbe l{odd ,1tlc1 111.tn ) }cctJ o f n11n1 tcr1ng 1n churchc 111 111nc: cv, ) 01 l Ohio and ( anacld 11 c: LhUtLh "tth:s that " I he\ h,t\l• lUULI tli 111an 11,c: u,c, the past .-l) cu nd v. t I c prt' l · nt d v. uh t ' 13 00~ u f 1e111011es conta1111ng lcth: 1s ho111 the 1n n I < le the ha, e 11un1s1e1·d to rhc lc ln ,nfo1lhc11 g1a<..:: 1ou pun tnd er nt s he It uppo c.dl} 1t! lll ed ti L011t1nut: 10 11urus1er l o the I Sc11n t und rtn one I c , ho n cd t tend r tuuch Good hepherd ' Bapti t ha purcha ed a 9.000 quare foot building adjacent to I-75 . The congrega tion had been wor hipping in a chool gymna ium ince Pa tor Earl Shaffer founded the church in 1989. A ervice of dedication wa conducted on Sunday, June 9, where Dr. Mark Jack on pre cnted a grant and loan from the Baptist Builder ' Club to a ·i t 1n renovating the facility for wor. hip, office and cla sroom ·. Pastor Leven 01 on and the trustee received the check of 15.000 in behalf of the congregati on. The church fam il y i thankful to all the Bapll ~t Builder '~ Club member\ who had a monetary part tn acquiring this buildi ng and prat\CS God for Hi wonderful First Ba p ti t ce lebrated the I OOth ann1 vcr~ary of their - n1ain hutldtn~ October .... 5-6. Part1c1pat1ng 1n lhc progran1 of .. Our Ri ch Hcrnagc" were t\\O forn1cr pa\tor~. L\.\ Ofor1ncr a~~t\lant pa\lOr\, four pa\lOf\ who \\Cnt int o the n11n,..,tr) fron1 the church, tv. o n,,..,..,1on.1r- 1c\ tron1 the churL h d11<J three \On~ o f J orrner pa..,tor.., 13oth of the pt e... cnt pa-..tor, , o!.! l l f ,1L I... .1nJ \\,' alte1 • p1eth . !-!rev., up trl the chu1Lh Associate P.1 ... tor \\ .1ltl't ~p1L'th \\ 111c, ..,rhe chUtL'h \.\,l~ o r g,llll/l'J Ill 1~2~ ,l\ ·· r11l l{L·gular I3 aplt\t (. hurLh Ill f_a(J f ,trlgt: ·rt)\\'fl Shq i\ltnUtL'\ p f thL' ~hUIL' h s late , •'f'hc:re \\ .lS bot ll Ill thi s chur ch 111 Sc:ptL'111hl'1 I '12lJ, .1 I\L \\ 1\ ~or1.ll1011 and ll \\ as .dsu lhl' h11 thpl.h. t' o l thi: l)ld 1\ soc1~tlll>ll l I t1111 \\ h1t·h \\ t' had J>ll.'\ 1ousl) \\ 1thd1.1\\ n ' 1\ pl.1qth.' v, 1 di:d1 ·ated, ht'.tl 111g thi: ll.tllll'\ nl all " f),lS(lll S lfll'l-. 19-~ ' J\\ 0 SL' l \ t .. d lht• chur Ii l\\JC..:t', d11d ,ll lt',l\l 1,, 0 p.1~1u1cd the I 1h ... hf 1cld lJ upt1~t ,hut t h ,ti thL .. \,llllt' 11111c \\' c d(lJHt'l l,tt t' (,nd 's lallhtulne ss c1nd the ,t lH.' 1.tlH>fl \\Ith o thc1 bt· l1e,t•1s tud 1s te1 l hurt ht' •• < O llllllllt tf JJ(I 'i l) om n ew s deadline Winte r issu e February 10 Y hrlhrr \ LHl are 001nl 1 through Jtcp ..,t,r- t- 0 L ro\\ , our elf or ,, ant lo help ()t11conc "ho ' 1 . \\ alh tephcn, tHl " '>lOf\ \\ ill ~I\ L' \ L)ll 1n 1ght 1nlo ,1nd -,ugge uon .tbtnll '-llf\ 1, 111~ a tragcd, l,111 lL)d,1, and L)rdcr du" 111,1~lulul 11('\\ hLlOk 1-800-727-4440 II Regular Baptist Pre s Ohjo Inde p c 11dent Ba pt i~c i~ a p u b li t·ation of tht• ()h io ·\ ~ ociation of Re~ul ar Bapti~t (.' hurr he, l:d it t>r "l .ll t' }{eptt'',l'lll,lll\ l' l ,11 1\ l·l'l /l'I 1\t an.1git1g rc.tit()f" l 111d.1 I tHlll\.1, Prt)(> frt•._\<.l t'r l )t ho1 ,th H, ..,,l'II I et. h nit .il \ ~,i,t..tn'- c.· R l'\.?l'Hl I ( ;, ,ph l I{ lll l h ,tpl '\ t \\ ) \ I k 1•t l·.,,c lul· t .1ll l ,111u11l'lll\ l.tllll'~ lhllllkll1.t' .tlld n '\\ (\! t) l1io ll\tltptndt·11t H,pt i... l I' ( > !i n \ 2 1 \ '"' ' Kelle 1111 g l >I I -t "'I -l .2 lJ I , 2<J,l 0.2l) \ I IH.' ()IU ( l\S:\ 0 -t O h 'I 1 puhli,t 1.:J 4u.u1e1 h 101 4 { llll\: 1g111 11.: 1 \l .ti t, ltH. ( )h111 u1. 1..tllon l I K~gul.u B.11 ll l l I II t l > t ., l I )11 c..: I )j \ h II l )l I l ll