The Ohio Independent Baptist, Fall 1997

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I h.. 1J c..irher 1n ... the ,, ee' de, el l r<:J into .1 hronch,al 1nle, ll n Tl"~ethe r l~e, ha, c left n1c . ,pee~hle , aJ"IJ 1 1feJe .... , \le pee(' h)e , an ~ u be c, e • t" \n, ,, a~. Dr. ~1urph) , aid I need J l J 1 t the pre . L" rthed n1ed1 .:- uon I th n he· ri ght although I no,, l'n1 M1 ,1n~ t)Ut on another ... \\ ondcrful time of fello ," hip l reJotce th t 1 an ,u II l°'e a part o f the retreat lhrou.::-h the m.n1 tr) o f inte r · e Of) pra~ er :\ I ,, rote the pre , 1ou: paragraph . I OWMU Officers 1997-98 Pres aeri - ./rs Sue I er •-sc F nth· Onve Columbus Oh 43223 6 i 4-875-4 28 ce· Dres,den : • rs. Ca hy Durham PO Box 706 Cedarville OH 45314 937. 766-5 7 26 Secretar-1 - ,. rs Be / Oya' i 9 1 Eldndge A enue A ·ron OH 44301 '"' "'O - 2 ~ 96- "" ~ - , ... - l b reasurer Ji rs ? utn S oe 6559 Slate R ::4 7 Wes DeGra... Or. .!3318 937· 585-6255 - -----. ,, .,, rt·tn1ndt•d ot 1-: v,, 'J'hn1npson. to ,, h,, ,n I ,, .1, 1nt1 nduccd .,t tht· ·.,nton \rt·,, l"cll o,,,tup lllt't•tint Shl ,,.,sn'1 ,ll lhl• tlll' l'llllf . ,he \\ ,\\ ,ll h< llll' Ill l 11,\h , l ut l ' 13 \ I n11,,1on.u \ .,ppo1ntcc, t; t o ll .,nd \u,.1n t;hh1n told u, .,bout her I , a 1s tht• ,Hll\ ktHl \\ n C'hr1,t1.1n 1n her to\\ n. \ht.• 1.. .unc l ll kno,, the ~.,, 1or ,vhil c \ l \ lllll!! ht•r \\'I ll II\ f c ,\\ (· \ ,\ ·rhotn f"I\ Clll } C._\ rn \ I or ht I\ t 1 ,H\ lcl1 () \\,h1p .. c..o lt ,lnd .. U\<ln vcarn to gel the ir nccJcd ,upport \ O they can return to l ' t..1h ..1nd pro, ,de It Herc 1n Ohio "-'C t..1~e our t1n1c o f "J\\Cn1hltng together" l or gr..1ntcd PrJ) for E\,l fhon1p\on. ,1nd pr .iy that '"C here 1n Ohi o might ,lpprcc1- .1tc n1ore the opportun1t1c\ for fell ov. \h1p the l ord pro" ides for U\ \\'htle I \\ a~ al that sarne n1cct1ng God made pro, i ·ion for u lo get together again . The ladic~of Pleasant Hill Bapll sl an math, 1l1e 1nv1tcd us to con1c there for our 0 \\ 1U pr1ng meeting. 1ncc then. Pa tor Olson ha called with ome very cxc1llng idea . I cannot hare them w1th you ) et, BUT. believe me when I tell you to keep Apn I 21 open . You may al o v. ant to mark April 20 on your new '9 calendar I· ve gotten your curio lly arou ed no'>i . haven ' t I? Ju ·t do it. I' ll explain later, and you' II be glad you dtd ! One la t thing. and I' II cl o e . Gary and Beck. 1 Kuhn ent a video about our · tale projec t It ' great. It how· the new tudent center mini try home at Baguio Bapt1 t Church and include te umon1e of student ·. It make very c lear that our 6.000 1 needed and will be very much apprec iated. Each of the OWMU officer ha a copy o write or call any one of u . \Ve · 11 be glad to ·end 1t so you can show 1t at }Our church. I v.-111 clo e now and re t. I almo t aid I'd get ome beauty leep. but my son-1n– lav... Tim. keeps rem1nd1ng me there' not enough ume for that to happen! But I ' ll res t o my \. 01ce will return and I' ll be able to say ometh.ing clever back to him. Thank for the v1 1 t 1 1· ve enJoyed IL. In Hi s Lo\. e, Sue ~11 lier 97- 1\11 llllf)O l l ( llll } <' (I/Ill r of V III l llll ll ltl / , ,111je1 " " ' t' i.\ th,• , , , 11111 (: oj 1J1t-, 11e\1 ( ·01111< , I of '/ \ ,,el, r W c lcornc In our nc \v ~ounc tl rncn1hc1"' l)alr li ve r ~ and hr , wil e . IJ cu, . . ~ h,l\l' fi ve ,1dult sons l),1le 1s ,, gr,1duatc o l Ci rand R,1p1cls B:1p11 t ( 'ollcgc ,1nd \c1nrr1 ,1ry . l le has pa, torcd ,H Rile y ( ' reek Baptist 1n Bluf (ton °'! Ince Janu.1rv 1997. J>r ior - to corning to Rtl cy ( ' reek he was Direc tor o f Church Relations for hephcrd, David ' ha pma n 1s a gradu,llc of Cedar\ 11le College and ha" pa tared Jt Fo\tor,a Bapli \ t , ,nee 1985 He and hi s wife. L1nd,1. ha,c three children . Jim H aye and hi s v., 1 f c. u~an, have served at M1llcrsburg Bapll ~l for 13 year . J 1m 1 a graduate of Liberty Bapti~t Uni,cr, 1ty J1n1 and u an have two adult children. teve 01 en I \ a graduate of Bapll t Bible College and Seminary . He and hr s wife. Mar 1 Jane , have four chtldren . Pastoring at Pleasant Hit I Bapu l 1n m1Lhv11le for 20 years, Steve erved one term on the council prev1ou ly Other council member, are : Denni Bum . Faith Bapti st, Kenton (' 9 ) Paul Jack on, Cedar Hill Bapt1 \ l. Cleveland (' 9 ) Jame McClain. Calvary Bapu t. orwalk ('98) G. Ben Reed, Fir t Bapu l . Nile ('98), vice-chairman William Davi . Bible Bapti l. Bedford ('99), ecr etary Larry Engle , Graham Road Bapt1 t , Cuyahoga Fall ( '99) Fred Hand. Calvary Bapt1~L. Lanca ter (' 99), trea urer Kenneth Spink , Berea Bapu t , Berea ('99), chajrman