The Ohio Independent Baptist, Summer 1998

Across the State \\ 'a, hi1\gton ll cight s llapti~, l" plc,\~cd to ,llHH)lllll'L' lhc 1n:-.t,1ll,1 t h'l1 \l l l) ,\ 11 L· 1 n~t .1, , \'llt h p,\,tl)r l),\n I l' . l' I \ l' d h I \ 13 S l tl \l c1.·h.1n1c,1l l: 11g111ccr1n~ .... .... lfl.)lll l"'cd.11·, tile Cnllc~c 1n ... l\.l9.:t H,, .lrL',l~ t) I 1111n1, tr~ ,\l \\',1sh1ng- ll,n 1-l ·,~ht 1n ludc \\ l) rk.111 ~ ,, llh 1un1or .... .. . .\ll, 1 'l'lll 1.)I h1~h \ l'U lh. l)Ul ll'a1.·h. ,tnd .. d11L''"lln~ th1.' 1.·hut\.·h, 1=,.1n~cl1,n1 .... .... I ,p l' 'll'n prl,~1.1111 l),u1 ~1c,, up 111 P.1pu.1. ;'\;c,, Gu1nc,1. ,, hc,c h1, p,11cnt. ,er, c .1" n11ssionar1c~ ,,,th \B\\ f He ,,,1:,.. ,er) 1n, nl,ed 1n tl1c11 n11n1~ t11c 111 i c,, Guinea and ~,,n_ 1dcr g:ro,, 1ng up ,l~ an t\.lK to ha\'e hccn ,\ pr,, ilcgc D.1n · father. Rich [1 n,t. ,, .1. ,1hlc to p.1rtic 1pate in h1 · 1n,t.1l1Jtt\)n ·e r, 1 ·con June ') 1. In :\ugu t Dan ,1. tll he n1arricd to .... G,, en Kano c G,, en 1· a n1en1bcr of \\ .1 h 1 ngtL)n He1ghl~ and 1 , tud) i ng E.irl, Childhood Education at inc lair . c() Jll tllUnll\ College Ill Da\ ton. p .... ., D.1, 1d K1,ner i~ ·cni or pastor at \ \ · .1 h I n~ton He I g h L . .... .. In June a group of ln1manuel ·. teens and . pon ·or , traveled to Gene, a. Ohio. to conduct VB for thei r m1 ' 1onar1es. Ro ' !:> and hirle 1 DeFelice. The teens \vcrc 1n total charge of the \ 'B and did all the teaching, n1u 1c. puppc~. etc. Wrule there the teen ~l.'.l\ cd Jt hal on1 Lake Camp and in e\~hJngc for their meal and lodging. J.., 1~ted \\ nh , ar1ou maintenance jobs J.fl' Und th~ cc.1n1p (1nos t of IL in 90+ heat! ). The teen \\ ho ,vent had con1pletcd the \\"OL ~hol ar hip requirement . and ind1~ated the) \\.ere growi ng spirituall y. Sh1rle\ Defelice. 1n her thank-you note, JLk.no~ \ !edged hO\\ 1n1pre ed !:>he. Ross .inJ their church. Grace Bap11 t. were with the p1r1Lual n1atur1t) of the teen who L..tn1e 1mtl.1rl\ . lmn1anuel · 5 teens and ~ p0n "' r \\ ill h)ng rcmcn1her the hosp1tal - ,t) v i both Grace Bapt1 ~t and the ~taff at h.1lo1n Lake Camp. On I:cbruary 15. the congregation of "a n1 d n Bap l i t cc lcbralcd the 20th ann1\crsary of Pastor Cal caries' n1in1 ·try al the church. .. carlc~. who grew up 111 Can1dcn 'f own ' hip , graduated fron1 Cedarv1 li e ollcge in 1977 with a n1ajor 111 Bu ·incss Adminisrral1on and a n11nor 1n Bible . After returning hon1e fron1 college he \Vas asked to ·e,· c as 1nteri1n "" pastor al Can1den Bapti ·L. He did o for six n1onths before the congregation t1~kcd hin1 to ' tay on as its full -time pa.. tor. Si nee then the church has grown Fron, about 80 people to we]l over 300. Two n1ajor buildi ng projects have been con1plcted. The people of the church gave generously , and the building were con1plctcd debt-free . Over the two decades as pastor. Searles ha , offi ciated or participated in 89 fu neral , 257 bapt1sn1s. and 25 wedd ing ceremonies. inee gradua ting from college Searl es ha~ continued to harpen his rnini stry kills by furthering hi s education. He is curre ntl y finishing his ' etninary training through Bapti~ l Bibl e Seminary in C lark Su1n n1 it. Pen nsy lvan ia. Upon graduati on he ,.viii have a Ma ter of Ministry Degree. Si n1ultaneou to hi seminary work he is pu rsuing certi fication in biblical coun c ling. Ca l Searle and his wife, Debbie. have been married for fourteen years and have fo ur chi ldren. Eleven members of Faith Baptist traveled to Medina on April 28, a churches from around the state gathered al First Baptist for the installati on of Dr. David Warre n as the new state repre entative for the Ohio Assoc iation of Regular Bapti t Chu rches. Dennis Burns. pastor at Faith Bapti st, was given the honor of introducing Dr. Paul Dixon. president of Cedarville College. Fire Destroy s Ohio Church A the OIB v. ent to pre~ v,e learned of a tr.1~1( fire at C.imden Bapti t 1n Oh(?lltn . On Tue5da). July 21. the church , , d apparent!) truck b) lightening . causing a fire to sweep through both the old and new auditorium . The structures appear to be a total los . Cal Searl es i pa tor at Camden Bapt is t. new pastor. Pastor David and Nancy Carroll Secretary Janet Miller writes, "We at Lakeview Bapti t have been blessed over the past several 1nonths to have many gi fted and fai thful men fill our pulpit a we have searched for a On April 25 we call~d our first candidate for a vote. With congregation approval by a wi de margin , Pas tor David P. Carrol l began offi ciall y on May 17 a · our new pa tor. Pastor Carroll , hi s wife. Nancy, and son, Jon. have n1 oved from Cuyahoga Falls into the church parsonage. The Carro lls also have two grown son . Carro ll is a graduate of Cedarvi lle Co llege wi th a B.A. in Bi blical Studie ·. " Arch McCune wa installed as pastor at Vienna Baptist on April 26. Arch and hi s wife, Cynthia, arc graduates of the Mari et ta Bib le College. Among thei r previ ou ministries wa a military work in the Nether] ands. The McCune have two children. On June 5 near Iy 500 gathered in the sanctuary of Norwood Ba ptist for the hi gh chool graduat ion of Norwood Bapti st Chris ti an Schoo l. Rev. Tim Tucker, on of Pastor Max Tucker, gave a challengi ng me ·sage to the graduate . The fa llowing week Norwood held its vaca tion Bible chool. rejoicing that out of the 40 workers. 28 were new members within the last three years. 1"'he foll owing Sunday , Father'_s Day. the congregati on was blessed w1 th the outstanding mini try of the New Life mus ical team from Faith Baptist Bi ble College.