The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1999

, ~ Talents For Christ '99 will • A. ~ soon be here! Deadline for the · ·x) April 17 contest is March 1. ._,. · Questions?? Call Pastor Dave Mullins at 330-669-2394 or e-mail him at pastrdave@juno.com . ••••••••••••••••••••••••• • In preparation for our April issue, we' re looking • • for mission, vision and purpose statements. • • If your church has one, would you conside r • • • sending it to us? Please send it by March 15 to • 0 18 , PO 293058, Kettering OH 45429 or • • e-mail davlinda@juno.com . THANKS! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A Friend In Glory O n Friday, December 18, 1998, many fami ly and friend gathered at Mad ison Avenue Bapti t Church for the funera l of Fred Hu sey. Fred was called pastor by people in four OARBC churches-Calvary of Bellefontai ne, First of Ni le , Madi on A venue of Cleveland , and Berea Baptist. He also served on the Baptist Mid-Missions counci l fo r 33 years including short term ministries in Scotland and England . Brother Hussey will be rernembered by family and friend alike for his dignity, imagi nation, and sense of hu rn or. His son Robert and grandsons Ryan Hess and Todd Seljan spoke affectionately of his humor– ous and hon1e- pun torics as well as his reading of Scripture wi th the fan,il y. Let ' . remember Mildred and the family in prayer. Their loss is very real, ye t, so also is heaven's gain . ' 'Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." Missionary Dave Taylor Dies ' 'The Lord Ga e" was the lheme of the mes ·age given 1n honor of Rev . David Taylor by his long term frie nd and ABWE ,nissionary coll eague Rev. Norm Nicklas . Several hundred friends gathered at the Fir t Baptist Church of Blanc.:hester, Ohio. on Tuesday evening, January 12. 1999, to remern ber David, who entered heaven on Decernber 9, and to cxpres their love to his wife, Barbara, and thei r three chi ldren, Jonathan , Patricia, and Cynthia. David suffered a heart attack while working on his church building prOJCCt in Sao Mateu~. Brazil. The Tayl or~ served in Sao Pau lo, Bra1.1l, for five terms, working As You Go... I n the tense "> lructure of the words f'ron1 the great c.:on1r111 s!-)1on. ''Go ye there- f 01e'' 1c, the 1ncan1ng, ''As you go...". l ~he d1 sc1ples wc1e to teach (,nuke c.J1 ~c.:1ples) as they went on with their nor111al routines or everyday I tf c I-laving booked ,cscrvat1ons a l a hotel , rny v. tfc anc.J I cnJoyec.J having son1c tin1c alont: as we cc lehratcd our wee.Jc.Jing anniversary '!'hough 1t was a spec ial lime for the l v.·o or us, 11 was also !->pccial for a bellboy we heir 1enc.Jec.J during our three day stay On our f 1nal day we packed , checked out , and wa1Lec.J for our r1c.Jc lo depart for ho111e I then had ~1nothe1 opportunity to speak v..1 Lh the beII boy and was able to shat e the (jospcl wllh h1111 ' f here in the ho tel lobby he bov..-cd hi~ hcac.J and asked Christ to save h11n Always be n.: i.1c.Jy to answer A~ You Go JJ,1~ 10 1 I )tl\'ttl C'ht11J11uu1 in four different churches over son1e 26 years. He al so was involved in teaching at the sen1inary in Sao Paul o and served on several boards there. Pas tor Jan Schaedel of the Blanches ter church led the service, which included congregat ional si ngi ng, spec ial rnu ic and testin1onies by friend. as to Dav id 's influence on their lives. A love offering was received as an expression of support to the Taylor family . BBS ounces '99 Schedule B aptist Bibl e cn1inary continues to offer theolog ical train ing at its ~cn11nary ex tension in Ohio . Graharn R.oad Baptist Church, Cuyahoga r~all s, wi ll be hosting the foll owing serninary cla~sc~ for 1999: Exposit ion of Psalms 1-;eb. 15- 19 (Dr. Ri chard r:nglc ) Conten1porary Old Tcstan1cnt 1,11cology r ch. 22-26 (Dr. Ri chard Engle) f>olishing the Pas tor 's Preaching Oct. 18-22 (Dr. Terry Zebul skc) Principles of Biblical hurch (;ro\vth Oct. 25-29 ( Dr. I-IowarcJ Bixby) 'l'hc clas\es n1cct Mon - l~ri, 9·00 an1 - Noon anc.J 2:00 prn - 4:30 pin daily. r~or rnorc inf orn1at1on 01 to rcg1\ tcr c.:on1 act 1>aul Golden ( l ) 11 ccto1 oJ Adn1t \\ lOll\) at 800 4S I 2287 or en1 tul. pgolden ~1 hhc.cdu 'J a~c ,H.lvantagc of the,e conve nient one wccK i...en11na1 y nH>dul ci... 1 Baptist C hildren 's Horne ....______ & Family M inistr, . ~ f>rovicli11g (~l1ris tia11 I 1<>11,c~ fc>r 11 ·cti y ·l1i.l <.i rc 1 . () hi e> ()ffi ' C (9 '{ 7) '~22-00()6 ( :harl ">S Mc> nr<> , () l1i<) l ) ir ... c t<>r RUPP AGENCY, INC. 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