The Ohio Independent Baptist, Summer 1997

An ord1nauon council met at the 1n, itauon of First Baptist on May 16. The candidate for ordination was Noel Hack, pastor of the ho t church. Pastor Bradley Quick of the First BaptJ t Church of Elyria was elected moderator and P~tor Robert Barrett of Amher t. clerk of council. Follo'vvi ng que tion1ng of the candidate. the council unanimou 1, recommended that Fir t , Bapll~l of LaGrange proceed wllh ord1na– uon of Pastor Hack The council commended the candidate for h1 humble manner. hone~ty . general grasp of Scripture and he an beat for the min1sl.r) Pas tor Brian Weber. of truther Ba pt is t Tabernacle. reports. "After spending the winter stud) 1ng and committing together to their minisl.r) as a church. 1he Tabernacle sent out a mas mailer for their Ea!>ter celebration. God blc~sed the small congregation v.1th 125 in .iltendance 40 of these being ne\J\ contac ts for the churc.h. There v. ere n1 ne <lec1s1ons for recommnn1ent and sat, auon that day. Plans and efforts conllnue for further evangeli stic outreach, The 1 ubcmacle appreciates any v. ho v.•111 pra} {or thi s ungregation and ll~ effort~of renev..al 1n it':I . .. CHJHllUrtll) . ·rhc lad1e of Struther'> 8Jpll\l Taber– nacle enJO)ed a n1other daughter banquet on i~1av 8. The Theme . "A l\1othcr ' '> , J·ootslcps," led the 64 in attendance lo honor godly n1others and their ext1111ple~ D, l,arold Galland JJ a, 1n , e,, t' d ~is pas tu , of lll·th-l·I llaptis t f l>t 1xyea1 1>1 ll.1 0Jd c.1arl ind re tu ed on l cl:e1nht' 1 I ·1he c h ur 1..: h he1d H f a I e,, e 11 e, 1c:e le I tht' ,a, l,uH.l s, di tu h u1ne the .. pit sc: nt d lht:: nl , llh 1 1f I far pr e I uon On 1 I I t: }~ n I u1.: l e, ssu1ned ht tc pons1 altues p l I l 13eth e l Pastor Eric and Paula Cuen in On March 30, the Lord led Berean Baptis t to extend a call to Eric Cuenin to be it pastor. He and hi wife. Paula. began mint try 1n Pickerington April 6. The Cuenins have two children. Pa~tor Cueni n i a graduate of Cedarvii le College and has a M .Di, fron1 Bapll st BI ble Seminary in Clarks ummil , Pennsy lvania. He n1ost rece ntl y pas tored the New Harn1ony Bapt i t Church in Caldwell for I 2 years. First Baptist honors Mrs. Dot Hoak On Ea~ter Sunday . March 30, the choi r and 1n 1run1ental cn,cn1hlc or Fir ·t Ba pti ·t rccogn11cd Mr~ I)ot H oa l-.. . J\1r\ H oal-.. , and her hu hand , Kcnh . are 1110, 1 ng to Kentucky J\1r -.. Ho.1k h.1\ ,e,, cd a\ church accon1pdn1,t for n1an) ) ear\ After J\1r\ Hoak .lcco1npan 1cli he r l.t\l t.tnl.ll, l on the p1.1no. Mu,,c l)1reL tor 8enJan11r1 l{eed pr escn ted he , \\ 1th ,\ du,en ro ... e.s and ,1 p1.1no 1nottl .tfgh.1n ~L'n101 I>asl o r (, . l3cn Recd \\ 1 lle, . "'1hl' I lodl.., ha, e hl'cn a tt ue d\\l't to lhL· \\(HJ.. o l ( , od hL'IL' .tl 1-=13 · and . though \\L' k1H l \\ 111, the 1..urd 's ,,· 1 ll that thL' ) llh>\ L \\ L' h ,tlL' tu \L' L' the ,n gu " SL·, e1 .ti 1 1 ai lh 11~,pti, t llll' lllbl' I ,ll L Jllllll .., l l. 1111 ~ nn ~hu1l ter 111 1111 ..,..,n,n ll lJ)~ th, ~ Ullllll l.. , K t• \ Ill l~ddo,, ~ 1s 111 l lun ~.u \ .. "~ p.u t o I ( 'L·d,u \ 1 Ile l "ollegc' h 10 11 . ll ) Int~, 11 lup Se1, 1 t' pt ogi.un I he te u11 1~ 1e<1clung I nglt h "lule u~111g OJ p ,r,unaue to li <11c tilt' go p ·I l)r l >.111 n1uh nd fani ll ) a,e ~e1,111g ,n the l, 0 1 l ua l o f \\ es t A f, 1c unde1 13 1pt1st [\ l 1d t-.1 1 ~Jon d l o ne o f th 1n 1s i o n hospll .11, F1,.ee catalog that f eat111..e q11alih 1 Ch1istia11 n1ate1ials ) ' Ott ca11 t1ust. l e> r t'Cl'i\ (' ()11l' () f <)ll r cata– ]c>g , call ti l<>(l<1: . an(l \\ l' ·11 ~l'll(l \C)tt lite inf<>rn1ati<>ll , : c>11 rc<1t1e. tecl- right H\\ a:~ 1-800-727-4440 Ill Regi,lar Baptist Press www.gorbc.org/rbp Send all con t ri bu t ions and corres pondence regarding finances to the OARBC bookkeeper Wnte OARBC. co Phil Miller - __... 1750 Fhnth1II Dr •••••• •••••• •••••• Columbus OH 43223 Call 614-871 5723 or FAX 614-871 -7229 () l1 i<l I n d c p e 11<.lc 11t Ba1>t ist i, a puhli ra tion of the t)hio ,\ ~~ociation of Rrgular Bapti,t l ' hurl'hl·, i\ l ;.111aging l:tl ih.> r I 1nd.1 l hl, ,n.,, Pr<lofrt.•.l<lc:r l >L· th 11 .,Ii B ,,cu l t:t flllit .lJ \ '\",(" ,l.ll \lC.: P l.'!.! ,,tl t ( i1.1ph.,, l{ llllh llJ'h '\ , \\ '\ ' . ~ Pk-., ,t· d11 t·, t .d I .. 011\n1L·n1, ll'•lt''>(l,Hllh:'llll' 11\,l lh.'\\') (l) <. lllh, 1 ndt pt.· 11<lt nt B.tpti~, f'l) H, \ 11 ,o,, K t•1te1111~ <>II i -.,.J29 l) , 29-1 0..:!9 \ I Ill < HU IISs U -t l ti 1 1 '" 1 ut lhhi.: I quJllt'l h h I 4 l h IC 1g111 jk r ' ,C.tl t , tl 1.. ( >t11\ ')l .. 1Jlll II I l{cgul..11 BJllll'il ( h I I \ l ,l'il ( )11\ I.: () l l II l )t ( -t , ... I